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Краткое содержание: Отверженные
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 10 parts
- Аудио скоро
A starving man steals bread, and a bishop's silver candlesticks change the course of his whole life.
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Отверженные — кратко о книге
Краткое содержание: 8 min на чтение
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- Длительность
- Слов: 508 300
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Сложное чтение long sentences, a rich vocabulary
- Первая публикация
- 1862by Виктор Гюго
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Отверженные in short
Les Misérables follows a man who leaves prison hating the world and is changed by one act of mercy. Jean Valjean builds a new life, gives it up for the truth, and spends years protecting Cosette. Around him move Fantine, crushed by poverty, Marius, torn between past and love, and Javert, who believes only in law.
What Отверженные is about
What does it take to change a man whom the law has broken? In 1815 a convict with a yellow passport knocks at a bishop's door and is called brother. That one night sets off a story that crosses Waterloo, a convent wall, and the streets of Paris.
Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables in exile and printed it in 1862 as an act of witness against the poverty that ruins women and darkens children. It follows the convict Jean Valjean, the doomed Fantine, her daughter Cosette, the student Marius and the inspector Javert.
Для кого. For readers who love sweeping stories of conscience and sacrifice, and who want the history of France and the cause of the poor woven into a deeply moving plot.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A bishop gives his palace away and lives by love
The book opens with Bishop Myriel of D in 1815. He was once a worldly nobleman, and now the people call him Monseigneur Bienvenu, which means welcome.
He gives his palace to the hospital and moves into a small house with his sister and a servant. He keeps a thousand francs a year and gives nearly all the rest to the poor. His door is never locked, by day or by night.
He visits a dying revolutionary and argues with him about God. By the end the old man has softened, and the Bishop kneels and asks for his blessing. He believes that society is guilty for the darkness it leaves in human souls, and that the guilty need light, not blows.
Goodness that shows itself in daily habits has a power that no argument can match.
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A convict is called brother and given silver
In October 1815 a rough traveler arrives in D. The inn, the tavern and the prison all turn him away.
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A young mother is ruined by love and poverty
In 1817 four students take their sweethearts on a country outing.
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A mayor must choose between safety and truth
The mayor of M. sur M. is a stranger called Father Madeleine.
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Waterloo, a rescued child and a chase through Paris
The second volume opens with a look at the battle of Waterloo.
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A convent hides a convict and a child
The house on the Rue Petit-Picpus is home to nuns of Perpetual Adoration.
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Marius grows up between two fathers
Marius Pontmercy is raised by his grandfather, Monsieur Gillenormand, a ninety-year-old bourgeois.
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A garden of love while Paris starts to burn
Gavroche, the cheerful street boy and eldest son of the Thénardiers, wanders Paris and shelters two abandoned little brothers in the great plaster elephant of the Bastille.
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Mercy and law, and the cause of the poor
The deepest conflict in the book is between Valjean and Javert.
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A novel that stops to think, argue and pray
Hugo tells the story with a voice that stands beside the reader and talks.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Jean Valjean A former convict, hardened by nineteen years in the galleys, who tries to become a good man and protect Cosette.
- Bishop Myriel The kind Bishop of D, who gives away his wealth and treats a thief as a brother.
- Fantine A young seamstress abandoned by her lover, who gives up everything to support her daughter Cosette.
- Cosette A child kept as a servant by the Thénardiers, who grows into a young woman loved by Valjean and Marius.
- Javert A police inspector who believes the law is absolute but finally lets Valjean go, torn between duty and gratitude.
- Marius Pontmercy A young law student who lives between a royalist grandfather and the memory of his Napoleonic father, and falls in love with Cosette.
- Thénardier A greedy innkeeper and schemer, who cheats the poor and plots against anyone useful, using many names.
- Gavroche A cheerful, sharp-tongued street boy of Paris, who cares for smaller children and joins the fight in the streets.
How it ends (spoiler)
Javert, torn between duty and gratitude, drowns himself in the Seine. Marius recovers and marries Cosette, and Valjean, after confessing his past, is gradually shut out of their home and sinks. When Marius learns the truth of how Valjean saved him, he rushes with Cosette to Valjean and arrives in time to hear his last words. Valjean dies and is buried under a nameless stone.
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Вопросы о книге Отверженные
What is Les Misérables about?
It follows Jean Valjean, a former convict who tries to live honestly after a bishop shows him mercy. His story crosses the lives of Fantine, Cosette, Marius and Javert, and builds toward the Paris uprising of 1832.
Who is Javert in Les Misérables?
Javert is a police inspector who believes that the law must be obeyed without exception. He recognises Valjean as a convict and pursues him for years, so he stands as the moral opposite of the forgiving Bishop.
What does the title Les Misérables mean?
The French title means the wretched ones, the miserable or the poor. Hugo uses it for those crushed by poverty, crime and unjust law, and his preface says books like his stay useful as long as such misery lasts.
Is Les Misérables a true story and when was it written?
It is a novel, but it is set in real events such as Waterloo and the June 1832 uprising in Paris. Hugo wrote it during his exile and published it in 1862.
Is Les Misérables easy to read?
The story is driven by clear scenes, strong characters and vivid chases, so the plot is easy to follow. Hugo's essays on Waterloo, the convent and slang can be enjoyed as rich side views of the world.
Как сослаться на это издание
Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/les-miserables.
Hugo, V. (2026). Les misérables. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/les-miserables (Original work published 1862)
Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/les-miserables.
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