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 IV - Saint Denis
Book Twelfth - Corinthe

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

• Brief plot synopsis
• Volume I - Fantine
• Volume II - Cosette
• Volume III - Marius
• Volume IV - Saint Denis
  • Book First - A Few Pages of History
  • Book Second - Eponine
  • Book Third - The House in the Rue Plumet
  • Book Fourth - Succor From Below May Turn Out To Be Succor From On High
  • Book Fifth - The End of Which does not Resemble the Beginning
  • Book Sixth - Little Gavroche
  • Book Seventh - Slang
  • Book Eighth - Enchantments and Desolations
  • Book Ninth - Whither are They Going?
  • Book Tenth - The 5th of June, 1832
  • Book Eleventh - The Atom Fraternizes with the Hurricane
  • Book Twelfth - Corinthe
    • Chapter 1: History of Corinthe from its Foundation
    • Chapter 2: Preliminary Gayeties
    • Chapter 3: Night begins to descend upon Grantaire
    • Chapter 4: An Attempt to console the Widow Hucheloup
    • Chapter 5: Preparations
    • Chapter 6: Waiting
    • Chapter 7: The Man recruited in the Rue des Billettes
    • Chapter 8: Many Interrogation Points with Regard to a Certain Le Cabuc, whose Name may not have been Le Cabuc
  • Book Thirteenth - Marius Enters the Shadow
  • Book Fourteenth - The Grandeurs of Despair
  • Book Fifteenth - The Rue de L'Homme Arme
• Volume V - Jean Valjean
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