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  LES MISÉRABLES.

  BY

  VICTOR HUGO.

  PART FIFTH.

  JEAN VALJEAN.

  AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY LAWRENCE WRAXALL.

  BOSTON:

  LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

  1887

  The Death of Jean Valjean]

  TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  JEAN VALJEAN.

  BOOK I.

  THE WAR WITHIN FOUR WALLS.

  I. THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG ST. ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF THE FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE II. NOTHING TO DO IN THE ABYSS BUT TALK. III. CLEARING AND CLOUDING IV. FIVE LESS AND ONE MORE V. THE HORIZON ONE SEES FROM THE BARRICADE'S SUMMIT VI. MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC VII. THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED VIII. THE ARTILLERY SETS TO WORK IN EARNEST IX. EMPLOYMENT OF THE POACHER'S OLD SKILL AND HIS UNERRING SHOT, WHICH HAD AN INFLUENCE ON THE CONDEMNATION IN 1796 X. DAWN XI. THE SHOT WHICH DOES NOT MISS AND WHICH KILLS NOBODY XII. DISORDER THE PARTISAN OF ORDER XIII. GLEAMS WHICH FADE XIV. IN WHICH WE READ THE NAME OF THE MISTRESS OF ENJOLRAS XV. GAVROCHE OUTSIDE XVI. HOW A BROTHER BECOMES A FATHER XVII. MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT XVIII. THE VULTURE BECOMES PREY XIX. JEAN VALJEAN REVENGES HIMSELF XX. THE DEAD ARE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT WRONG XXI. THE HEROES XXII. STEP BY STEP XXIII. ORESTES SOBER AND PYLADES DRUNK XXIV. PRISONER!

  BOOK II.

  THE INTESTINE OF LEVIATHAN.

  I. THE EARTH IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA II. THE OLD HISTORY OF THE SEWER III. BRUNESEAU IV. CONCEALED DETAILS V. PRESENT PROGRESS VI. FUTURE PROGRESS

  BOOK III.

  MUD, BUT SOUL.

  I. THE CLOACA AND ITS SURPRISES II. EXPLANATION III. THE TRACKED MAN IV. HE TOO BEARS HIS CROSS V. SAND, LIKE WOMAN, HAS A FINENESS THAT IS PERFIDIOUS VI. THE FONTIS VII. SOMETIMES ONE IS STRANDED WHERE HE THINKS TO LAND VIII. THE TOM COAT-SKIRT IX. MARIUS APPEARS DEAD TO A CONNOISSEUR X. RETURN OF THE SON PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE XI. A SHAKING IN THE ABSOLUTE XII. THE GRANDFATHER

  BOOK IV.

  JAVERT DERAILED

  BOOK V.

  GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER.

  I. WHERE WE AGAIN MEET THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PATCH II. MARIUS, LEAVING CIVIL WAR, PREPARES FOR A DOMESTIC WAR III. MARIUS ATTACKS IV. MLLE. GILLENORMAND HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE MATCH V. DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY VI. THE TWO OLD MEN, EACH IN HIS FASHION, DO EVERYTHING FOR COSETTE'S HAPPINESS VII. THE EFFECTS OF DREAMING BLENDED WITH HAPPINESS VIII. TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

  BOOK VI.

  THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT.

  I. FEBRUARY 16, 1833 II. JEAN VALJEAN STILL HAS HIS ARM IN A SLING III. THE INSEPARABLE IV. IMMORTALE JECUR

  BOOK VII.

  THE LAST DROP IN THE BITTER CUP.

  I. THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN II. THE OBSCURITY WHICH A REVELATION MAY CONTAIN

  BOOK VIII.

  TWILIGHT DECLINES.

  I. THE GROUND-FLOOR ROOM II. OTHER BACKWARD STEPS III. THEY REMEMBER THE GARDEN IN THE RUE PLUMET IV. ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION

  BOOK IX.

  SUPREME DARKNESS, SUPREME DAWN.

  I. PITY THE UNHAPPY, BUT BE INDULGENT TO THE HAPPY II. THE LAST FLUTTERINGS OF THE LAMP WITHOUT OIL III. A PEN IS TOO HEAVY FOR THE MAN WHO LIFTED FAUCHELEVENT'S CART IV. A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY WHITENS V. A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH IS DAY VI. THE GRASS HIDES, AND THE RAIN EFFACES

  ILLUSTRATIONS.

  THE DEATH OF JEAN VALJEAN Vol. V. FrontispieceDrawn by G. Jeanniot.

  THE DEATH OF GAVROCHEDrawn by G. Jeanniot.

  JEAN VALJEAN.

  BOOK I.

  THE WAR WITHIN FOUR WALLS.