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 AND 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 VALJEAN] Vol. V. Frontispiece
Drawn by G. Jeanniot.
[THE DEATH OF GAVROCHE]
Drawn by G. Jeanniot.