Les Misérables: resumen de Book 3: The House on Rue Plumet, Chapter 1
Book 3: The House on Rue Plumet, Chapter 1 de 365 · 7 min para leer el chapter
In Chapter 1, Jean Valjean leaves the convent because he believes Cosette must experience life before choosing religious seclusion, and he rents a secluded house with a concealed passage. He settles there with Cosette and Toussaint under an assumed name, while maintaining two other apartments as precautions against discovery.
Qué sucede
- A chief justice builds a secluded house and a concealed passage to hide visits to his mistress.
- In October 1829, Jean Valjean rents the house, repairs it, and settles with Cosette and Toussaint.
- The narrator explains that Valjean leaves the convent because keeping Cosette there would deny her a free choice.
- Old Fauchelevent dies, and Valjean tells the prioress that an inheritance allows him to leave with his daughter.
- Valjean offers payment for Cosette’s schooling and carries away a small trunk that he guards closely.
- Using the name Ultime Fauchelevent, he maintains three Paris homes and moves between them to avoid police attention.
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En qué fijarte
The question expresses Valjean’s reason for accepting personal risk rather than restricting Cosette’s life for his own security.
Comprobación rápida
Why does Jean Valjean decide to leave the convent?
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