Les Misérables (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: (France) Hugo
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: The protagonist Jean Valjean, to prevent his sister's child from starving, steals a loaf of bread and is sentenced to prison. After his release, an accidental event makes him completely realize his mistake and he resolves to do good from then on. He changes his name to Madeleine and becomes wealthy through technological improvements in a factory, later establishing welfare projects in the area, benefiting the people, and is elected as the mayor. A female worker in the factory named Fantine is deceived into giving birth to an illegitimate daughter, Cosette, who is left to be raised in the countryside. After Fantine's tragic death, Jean Valjean is relentlessly pursued by the gendarme Javert. During a chaotic battle, Javert is captured and sentenced to death, but Jean Valjean shows mercy and lets him go. The uprising fails, and Jean Valjean carries the injured young man, Marius, escaping through the sewers. Unexpectantly, he encounters Javert again. Jean Valjean's years of goodness have put Javert in an extreme conflict, and finally, he collapses mentally and drowns himself in a river. Meanwhile, Jean Valjean fulfills the marriage of Cosette and Marius, and later, he leaves the world in peace.