Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo (1862)

Translated from the original French version by Isabel F Hapgood, Les Misérables is one of the most well known 19^th century novels.

Volume II - Cosette
Book Fourth - The Gorbeau Hovel

Cosette in the Thénardiers' inn,
depicted by Émile Bayard (1837-1891)

• Brief plot synopsis
• Volume I - Fantine
• Volume II - Cosette
  • Book First - Waterloo
  • Book Second - The Ship Orion
  • Book Third - Accomplishment of the Promise Made to a Dead Woman
  • Book Fourth - The Gorbeau Hovel
    • Chapter 1: Master Gorbeau
    • Chapter 2: A Nest for Owl and a Warbler
    • Chapter 3: Two Misfortunes make One Piece of Good Fortune
    • Chapter 4: The Remarks of the Principal Tenant
    • Chapter 5: A Five-Franc Piece falls on the Ground and produces a Tumult
  • Book Fifth - For a Black Hunt, a Mute Pack
  • Book Sixth - Le Petit-Picpus
  • Book Seventh - Parenthesis
  • Book Eighth - Cemetaries Take That Which is Commited Them
• Volume III - Marius
• Volume IV - Saint Denis
• Volume V - Jean Valjean
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