Les Misérables v. 4/5: The Idyll and the Epic
Victor Hugo
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LES MISÉRABLES.
BY
VICTOR HUGO.
PART FOURTH.
THE IDYLL AND THE EPIC.
AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY SIR LASCELLES WRAXALL
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1887.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
THE RUE PLUMET IDYLL AND THE RUE ST. DENIS EPIC.
BOOK I.
SOME PAGES OF HISTORY.
I. WELL CUT OUT II. BADLY STITCHED III. LOUIS PHILIPPE IV. CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION V. FACTS FROM WHICH HISTORY IS DERIVED BUT WHICH HISTORY IGNORES VI. ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS
BOOK II.
ÉPONINE.
I. THE LARK'S FIELD II. CRIMES IN EMBRYO INCUBATED IN PRISONS III. FATHER MAB?'UF HAS AN APPARITION IV. MARIUS HAS AN APPARITION
BOOK III.
THE HOUSE OF THE RUE PLUMET.
I. THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE II. JEAN VALJEAN A NATIONAL GUARD III. FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS IV. CHANGE OF GRATING V. THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT SHE IS AN IMPLEMENT OF WAR VI. THE BATTLE BEGINS VII. JEAN VALJEAN IS VERY SAD VIII. THE CHAIN-GANG
BOOK IV.
SUCCOR FROM BELOW MAY BE SUCCOR FROM ON HIGH.
I. AN EXTERNAL WOUND AND AN INTERNAL CURE II. MOTHER PLUTARCH ACCOUNTS FOR A PHENOMENON
BOOK V.
IN WHICH THE END DOES NOT RESEMBLE THE BEGINNING.
I. SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED II. COSETTE'S FEARS III. ENRICHED WITH THE COMMENTS OF TOUSSAINT IV. A HEART UNDER A STONE V. COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER VI. THE OLD PEOPLE ARE OPPORTUNELY OBLIGED TO GO OUT
BOOK VI.
LITTLE GAVROCHE.
I. A MALICIOUS TRICK OF THE WIND II. GAVROCHE REAPS ADVANTAGE FROM NAPOLEON THE GREAT III. INCIDENTS OF AN ESCAPE
BOOK VII.
SLANG.
I. THE ORIGIN OF SLANG II. ROOTS III. SLANG THAT CRIES AND SLANG THAT LAUGHS IV. TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
BOOK VIII.
ENCHANTMENTS AND DESOLATIONS.
I. BRIGHT LIGHT II. THE GIDDINESS OF PERFECT BLISS III. THE BEGINNING OF THE SHADOW IV. CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG V. THINGS OF THE NIGHT VI. MARIUS ACTUALLY GIVES COSETTE HIS ADDRESS VII. AN OLD HEART AND A YOUNG HEART FACE TO FACE
BOOK IX.
WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
I. JEAN VALJEAN II. MARIUS III. M. MAB?'UF
BOOK X.
THE FIFTH OF JUNE, 1832.
I. THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION II. THE BOTTOM OF THE QUESTION III. A BURIAL GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR A REVIVAL IV. THE EBULLITIONS OF OTHER DAYS V. ORIGINALITY OF PARIS
BOOK XI.
THE ATOM FRATERNIZES WITH THE HURRICANE.
I. THE ORIGIN OF THE POETRY OF GAVROCHE AND THE INFLUENCE OF AN ACADEMICIAN UPON IT II. GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH III. JUST INDIGNATION OF A BARBER IV. THE CHILD ASTONISHES THE OLD MAN V. THE OLD MAN VI. RECRUITS
BOOK XII.
CORINTH.
I. HISTORY OF CORINTH FROM ITS FOUNDATION II. PRELIMINARY GAYETIES III. THE NIGHT BEGINS TO FALL ON GRANTAIRE IV. AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP V. PREPARATIONS VI. WAITING VII. THE RECRUIT OF THE RUE DES BILLETTES VIII. WAS HIS NAME LE CABUC?
BOOK XIII.
MARIUS ENTERS THE SHADOW.
I. FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER ST. DENIS II. AN OWL'S-EYE VIEW OF PARIS III. THE EXTREME BRINK
BOOK XIV.
THE GRANDEUR OF DESPAIR.
I. THE FLAG: ACT FIRST II. THE FLAG: ACT SECOND III. GAVROCHE HAD BETTER HAVE ACCEPTED THE CARBINE OF ENJOLRAS IV. THE BARREL OF GUNPOWDER V. END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE VI. DEATH'S AGONY AFTER LIFE'S AGONY VII. GAVROCHE CALCULATES DISTANCES
BOOK XV.
THE RUE DE L'HOMME ARMÉ.
I. BLOTTING, BLABBING II. THE GAMIN THE ENEMY OF LAMPS III. WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT SLEEP IV. GAVROCHE'S EXCESS OF ZEAL
ILLUSTRATIONS.
"ONE MORNING WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING, AND BOTHWERE ON THE GARDEN STEPS" Vol. IV. FrontispieceDrawn by G. Jeanniot.
RECRUITSDrawn by G. Jeanniot.
THE RUE PLUMET IDYLL
AND
THE RUE ST. DENIS EPIC.
BOOK I.
SOME PAGES OF HISTORY.
