Chapter 7 Love and Death Marius lies for a long time between life and death, but months later, he is well again. Cosette visits him every day, and this of course helps …
Chapter 6 The Barricades It is a long night at the barricade in the Rue de la Chanvrerie. The news is bad. More and more soldiers are arriving in the city, but the peop…
Chapter 5 Love and Rebellion So, what is Marius’s idea? It is this … He wants to marry Cosette, but he has no money. His grandfather has money. He must ask his grandfat…
Chapter 4 Marius Nine years pass. Valjean and Cosette are living in the Rue Plumet in Paris, in a house with a big garden. It is a quiet street and nobody comes there. …
Chapter 3 Cosette Monsieur Madeleine is, of course, Jean Valjean. You knew that already. After Digne, he sells the bishop’s silver plates (but keeps the candlesticks). …
Chapter 2 Fantine Now we meet Fantine. She is young and beautiful, and in love with a man in Paris. But she has no family, and no money. For Fantine, this is the love o…
Chapter 1 Jean Valjean It is the year 1796, and the people of France are hungry. Not the rich people, of course. They have food, they have warm clothes, they have beaut…