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  VOLUME V--JEAN VALJEAN

  BOOK FIRST.--THE WAR BETWEEN FOUR WALLS CHAPTER I--THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA CHAPTER II--WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE CHAPTER III--LIGHT AND SHADOW CHAPTER IV--MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE CHAPTER V--THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE CHAPTER VI--MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC CHAPTER VII--THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED CHAPTER VIII--THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY CHAPTER IX--EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT INFALLIBLE      MARKSMANSHIP WHICH INFLUENCED THE CONDEMNATION OF 1796 CHAPTER X--DAWN CHAPTER XI--THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE CHAPTER XII--DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER CHAPTER XIII--PASSING GLEAMS CHAPTER XIV--WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS' MISTRESS CHAPTER XV--GAVROCHE OUTSIDE CHAPTER XVI--HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER CHAPTER XVII--MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT CHAPTER XVIII--THE VULTURE BECOME PREY CHAPTER XIX--JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE CHAPTER XX--THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE WRONG CHAPTER XXI--THE HEROES CHAPTER XXII--FOOT TO FOOT CHAPTER XXIII--ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK CHAPTER XXIV--PRISONER

  BOOK SECOND.--THE INTESTINE OF THE LEVIATHAN CHAPTER I--THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA CHAPTER II--ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER CHAPTER III--BRUNESEAU CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V--PRESENT PROGRESS CHAPTER VI--FUTURE PROGRESS

  BOOK THIRD.--MUD BUT THE SOUL CHAPTER I--THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES CHAPTER II--EXPLANATION CHAPTER III--THE "SPUN" MAN CHAPTER IV--HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS CHAPTER V--IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS      WHICH IS TREACHEROUS CHAPTER VI--THE FONTIS CHAPTER VII--ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS DISEMBARKING CHAPTER VIII--THE TORN COAT-TAIL CHAPTER IX--MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, THE EFFECT OF BEING DEAD CHAPTER X--RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE CHAPTER XI--CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE CHAPTER XII--THE GRANDFATHER

  BOOK FOURTH.--JAVERT DERAILED CHAPTER I

  BOOK FIFTH.--GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER CHAPTER I--IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN CHAPTER II--MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC WAR CHAPTER III--MARIUS ATTACKED CHAPTER IV--MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A BAD      THING THAT M. FAUCHELEVENT SHOULD HAVE ENTERED WITH SOMETHING UNDER HIS ARM CHAPTER V--DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY CHAPTER VI--THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN FASHION,      TO RENDER COSETTE HAPPY CHAPTER VII--THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS CHAPTER VIII--TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

  BOOK SIXTH.--THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT CHAPTER I--THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833 CHAPTER II--JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING CHAPTER III--THE INSEPARABLE CHAPTER IV--THE IMMORTAL LIVER

  BOOK SEVENTH.--THE LAST DRAUGHT FROM THE CUP CHAPTER I--THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN CHAPTER II--THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN

  BOOK EIGHTH.--FADING AWAY OF THE TWILIGHT CHAPTER I--THE LOWER CHAMBER CHAPTER II--ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS CHAPTER III--THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET CHAPTER IV--ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION

  BOOK NINTH.--SUPREME SHADOW, SUPREME DAWN CHAPTER I--PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY CHAPTER II--LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL CHAPTER III--A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT'S CART CHAPTER IV--A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING CHAPTER V--A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY CHAPTER VI--THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES

  LETTER TO M. DAELLI

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