Les Miserable

A detailed Summary of Les Miserable

Jean Valjean spent 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. He made several attempts of escape and never made it but finally released. His imprisonment hinders his chances of refuge for the night as shown at Digne where he is repeatedly refused shelter until he arrives at Monseigneur Myriel's

house, the bishop, and he welcomes him. The bishop and his take very good care of him, but all Valjean does to repay them is steal their silverware. Valjean also steals money from a little chimney sweep,Gervais. The last time that Jean Valjean is a thief he repents and under the new name of Monsieur Madeline, starts a factory that brings wealth to the town of Montreuil.

Fantine who now a young mother has an illegitimate child, Cosette, and is on her way back to her hometown, Montrueil, to find a job. She entrusts the Thenardiers with her daughter so she does not have to go back home with an illegitimate child.

Fantine finds a job in Montrueil at M. Madeleine's factory and attains a limited amount of wealth. Unfortunately things get worse for Fantine all of the sudden when she is fired from her job and,at the same time, must meet increasing finances for her daughter from the Thenardiers. Fantine l

Marius lives in the Latin Quarter and becomes friends with a group of radical students, the Friends of the A.B.C. He switches his allegiance from monarchy to Napoleon. Marius finally finds a good job, and with this helps build his satisfaction. He then falls passionately in love with a beautiful young lady in the Luxembourg Gardens, who is Jean Valjean's daughter, Cosette. One day, Marius gets very curious and peeps through a hole in the wall to the neighbors room and sees the family living in poverty. Soon after he witnesses the entrance of a philanthropist, so called M. Leblanc and his daughter. To Marius's surprise, the daughter is Cosette. An attack was planned on Leblanc but Marius contacts police and on the instructions of Javert returns to his room with the two pistols that were given to him. The plot of Thenardier and his 4 sidekicks fail as Javert comes in just in time to save Leblanc. When Javert is arresting everyone, Leblanc escapes out the window.

The same evening Valjean escapes, but is quickly recaptured and sent to Toulon. One day he saves a fallen sailor. As he plunges into save him, he escapes by making the belief that he drowned. He then goes to Montfermeil where the Thenardiers' inn is located. After burying his money in the woods, he frees Cosette by buying her from the Thenardier's then they move to Paris.

money and does everything possible such as selling her hair, her central incisors, and then turns to prostitution. She is arrested one day but is saved by Madeleine. Fantine moves in with Madeleine and gets very sick. Fantine wants to see her daughter which Madeleine promises her that he will bring her to

Javert would be like Boss Hogg, Rosco and Enos. The bad guys who are after the good guys. Javert would also be like the police that chased Smokey and the Bandit, another example of bad chasing the good.

Marius is unaware of the political situation because of his love for Cosette. His friend Enjolas directs the erection of a barricade in front of the Corinth wine s

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Approximate Word count = 1372
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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