Les Misérables, Book 12: Corinthe, Chapter 8 summary
Book 12: Corinthe, Chapter 8 of 365 · 7 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 8, Le Cabuc shoots a porter who refuses to open a house, and Enjolras executes him to enforce discipline among the insurgents. Enjolras condemns the violence he considers necessary and declares his hope for universal love, while a police connection casts doubt on Le Cabuc’s identity.
What happens
- Le Cabuc urges fellow drinkers to seize a tall house as a firing position and demands entry.
- When the porter refuses to open the door, Le Cabuc shoots him dead at an upper window.
- Enjolras forces Le Cabuc to kneel, allows him one minute, and shoots him.
- Enjolras defends revolutionary discipline but condemns killing and speaks of a future governed by love.
- The narrator reports a police card on Le Cabuc’s body and a tradition identifying him as Claquesous.
- Courfeyrac sees the small young man who asks him about Marius that morning return to the barricade.
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