Les Misérables, Book 1: Paris Studied in Its Atom, Chapter 13 summary
Book 1: Paris Studied in Its Atom, Chapter 13 of 365 · 4 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 13, Little Gavroche lives freely in the streets despite poverty and parental neglect, occasionally visiting the miserable household of his father, Jondrette. The account identifies his family’s attic in the Gorbeau hovel and introduces their neighbor, M. Marius, whose identity becomes the next subject.
What happens
- An eleven- or twelve-year-old boy lives cheerfully in the streets, without shelter, food, warmth, or parental affection.
- Every two or three months, he sometimes visits his family at the Gorbeau hovel.
- Madame Bourgon manages the building, where numerous poor residents live without connections to one another.
- Jondrette, his wife, and their two daughters occupy an attic and greet the boy without affection.
- The narrator identifies the boy as Little Gavroche and names the neighboring tenant as M. Marius.
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What to notice
The comparison explains why Gavroche prefers the streets to his family home. Physical hardship feels gentler than his mother’s rejection.
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Who occupies the room beside the Jondrettes?
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