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Les Misérables, Book 8: Enchantments and Desolations, Chapter 5 summary

Book 8: Enchantments and Desolations, Chapter 5 of 365 · 1 min to read the chapter

In Chapter 5, the Rue Plumet becomes quiet after the ruffians leave, and the narrator compares its nighttime events to encounters in a forest. The reflection presents physical violence as vulnerable to fear when it confronts something mysterious and seemingly supernatural.

What happens

  1. The ruffians leave, and nighttime quiet returns to the Rue Plumet.
  2. The narrator compares the street’s events to strange encounters among forest creatures.
  3. Predatory animals sense presences beyond their understanding and fear spectral figures.
  4. The reflection ends with wolves recoiling before a ghoul.

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