Misérables, Volume 2

by Victor Hugo

76 chapters12h 54mEnglish1887

About this book

This is book 2 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Chapters (76)

1Bk 01 Ch 01: What Is Met with on the Way to Nivelles

266

2Bk 01 Ch 02: Hougomont

1113

3Bk 01 Ch 03: The 18th of June, 1815

464

4Bk 01 Ch 04: A

370

5Bk 01 Ch 05: The Quid Obscurum of Battles

475

6Bk 01 Ch 06: Four o'Clock in the Afternoon

385

7Bk 01 Ch 07: Napoleon in a Good Humour

960

8Bk 01 Ch 08: The Emperor Puts a Question to the Guide Lacoste

497

9Bk 01 Ch 09: The Unexpected

678

10Bk 01 Ch 10: The Plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean

740

11Bk 01 Ch 11: A Bad Guide to Napoleon: A Good Guide to Bulow

289

12Bk 01 Ch 12: The Guard

322

13Bk 01 Ch 13: The Catastrophe

414

14Bk 01 Ch 14: The Last Square

272

15Bk 01 Ch 15: Cambronne

500

16Bk 01 Ch 16: Quot Libras in Duce

893

17Bk 01 Ch 17: Is Waterloo to Be Considered Good

372

18Bk 01 Ch 18: A Recrudescence of Divine Right

364

19Bk 01 Ch 19: The Battle-Field at Night

940

20Bk 02 Ch 01: Number 24,601 Becomes Number 9,430

534

21Bk 02 Ch 02: In Which the Reader Will Peruse Two Verses...

644

22Bk 02 Ch 03: The Ankle-Chain...

1061

23Bk 03 Ch 01: The Water Question at Montfermeil

522

24Bk 03 Ch 02: Two Complete Portraits

855

25Bk 03 Ch 03: Men Must Have Wine...

344

26Bk 03 Ch 04: Entrance on the Scene of a Doll

296

27Bk 03 Ch 05: The Little One All Alone

921

28Bk 03 Ch 06: Which Probably Proves Boulatruelle's Intelligence

654

29Bk 03 Ch 07: Cosette Side By Side with the Stranger in the Dark

432

30Bk 03 Ch 08: The Unpleasantness of Receiving Into One's House....

2784

31Bk 03 Ch 09: Thenardier and His Manoeuvres

1278

32Bk 03 Ch 10: He Who Seeks to Better Himself...

816

33Bk 03 Ch 11: Number 9,340 Reappears...

293

34Bk 04 Ch 01: Master Gorbeau

1219

35Bk 04 Ch 02: A Nest for Owl and a Warbler

290

36Bk 04 Ch 03: Two Misfortunes Make One Piece of Good Fortune

751

37Bk 04 Ch 04: The Remarks of the Principal Tenant

331

38Bk 04 Ch 05: A Five-Franc Piece Falls on the Ground...

516

39Bk 05 Ch 01: The Zigzags of Strategy

613

40Bk 05 Ch 02: It Is Lucky that the Pont D'Austerlitz Bears Carriages

301

41Bk 05 Ch 03: To Wit, the Plan of Paris 1727

535

42Bk 05 Ch 04: The Gropings of Flight

446

43Bk 05 Ch 05: Which Would Be Impossible with Gas Lanterns

572

44Bk 05 Ch 06: The Beginning of an Enigma

370

45Bk 05 Ch 07: Continuation of the Enigma

379

46Bk 05 Ch 08: The Enigma Becomes Doubly Mysterious

345

47Bk 05 Ch 09: The Man with the Bell

559

48Bk 05 Ch 10: Which Explains How Javert Got on the Scent

1220

49Bk 06 Ch 01: Number 62 Rue Petit-Picpus

571

50Bk 06 Ch 02: The Obedience of Martin Verga

1143

51Bk 06 Ch 03: Austerities

296

52Bk 06 Ch 04: Gayeties

622

53Bk 06 Ch 05: Distractions

1011

54Bk 06 Ch 06: The Little Convent

466

55Bk 06 Ch 07: Some Silhouettes of this Darkness

455

56Bk 06 Ch 08: Post Corda Lapides

319

57Bk 06 Ch 09: A Century Under a Guimpe

302

58Bk 06 Ch 10: Origin of the Perpetual Adoration

320

59Bk 06 Ch 11: End of the Petit-Picpus

355

60Bk 07 Ch 01: The Convent as an Abstract Idea

131

61Bk 07 Ch 02: The Convent As an Historical Fact

481

62Bk 07 Ch 03: On What Conditions One Can Respect the Past

458

63Bk 07 Ch 04: The Convent from the Point of View of Principles

300

64Bk 07 Ch 05: Prayer

287

65Bk 07 Ch 06: The Absolute Goodness of Prayer

352

66Bk 07 Ch 07: Precautions to Be Observed in Blame

177

67Bk 07 Ch 08: Faith, Law

363

68Bk 08 Ch 01: Which Treats of the Manner of Entering a Convent

1082

69Bk 08 Ch 02: Fauchelevent in the Presence of a Difficulty

347

70Bk 08 Ch 03: Mother Innocente

1274

71Bk 08 Ch 04: In Which Jean Valjean Has Quite the Air...

818

72Bk 08 Ch 05: It Is Not Necessary to Be Drunk...

950

73Bk 08 Ch 06: Between Four Planks

329

74Bk 08 Ch 07: In Which Will Be Found the Origin of the Saying...

1213

75Bk 08 Ch 08: A Successful Interrogatory

477

76Bk 08 Ch 09: Cloistered

1390

Misérables, Volume 2

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