Elle mourut des suites d'une fièvre de lait mal soignée. symbol of hope—if he can learn love and charity after suffering only in his physical strength and his willingness to discover what a thriving manufacturing center, which in turn teaches Valjean the value However, the Bishop admonishes Valjean (in front of the police) for forgetting to also take the silver candlesticks that he'd given Valjean, reminding Valjean of his "promise" to use the silver to become an honest man, claiming to have bought Valjean's soul with it, withdrawing it from evil and giving it to God. It is at that moment that Javert enters the scene. The event leaves a profound impression on Cosette and makes Valjean even more determined to stop his daughter from learning about his past. He gives his evidence and proves that he is the real Jean Valjean, but nobody wants to arrest him, so Valjean says that they know where to find him and he returns to Montreuil-sur-Mer. Unfortunately, they are too late and find Valjean is dying. Some time after he stops coming, Thénardier visits Marius and claims that Valjean is a murderer and shows Marius several newspaper articles to prove this.

is good, and this earnestness is enough to make him the novel’s

To thank him, After recovering from his injuries, Marius receives permission from his grandfather to marry Cosette and they wed.

Unfortunately, his sister was widowed, having seven children to look after, the eldest being eight and the youngest being one year old. He is happy to see that the brand wound he got during the attack makes her worry and care for him more. He went in as a wholesome and straightforward man, but came out of jail showing hatred and scorn to society. After almost burying Valjean alive in a scheme to get him out of the convent so that he could openly walk back into the convent, Fauchelevent was able to bring in his "brother" Ultimas (fr. He is buried in an unmarked grave, per his request, after death. But deep inside his emotions he shows a defined viewpoint on life making him a flat character. Valjean's character is loosely based on the life of The revolt of the university students is based on the This article is about the fictional character in Victor Hugo's novel Jean Valjean disguised as Monsieur Madeleine. The day after the wedding, Valjean reveals to Marius that he is an ex-convict. Valjean managed to steal a rope from a streetlamp, climb a wall to a convent and pull Cosette up after him. Marius, horrified, assumes the worst about Valjean's character and begins pushing him out of Cosette's life. Jean Valjean was an alluring hero of Les Miserables for many reasons, one of which was his drastic conversion from a miserable criminal into a heroic, peaceful man. It is only there that he learns of Cosette's love for Marius when a young boy (Valjean plays his part in the insurrection and proves an excellent shot. As "the generous man from the St-Étienne-church", Thénardier, Marius' neighbour, asks for charity. Valjean does not know that Cosette returns Marius' love and does not understand why Cosette seems less attached to "her grandfather" than before. He is exceptional Marius, through Éponine, finds Cosette, stalks her house, leaves his daily love journal for her to find then one evening leaps over the gate and surprises her in the garden. In 1871, when Hugo was living in Brussels during the radical revolt known as the During the night, he awakens and steals the bishop's silverware and silver plates, and runs off.
Sa mère s'appelait Jeanne Mathieu. Valjean makes peace with Marius, with whom he had uneasy relations, and tells Cosette the name of her mother, Fantine.
and circumstances. He takes Cosette to the house in the Rue de l'Homme-Armé. Valjean goes to Montfermeil, where he meets Cosette alone in the forest on Valjean recognizes Javert, and taking Cosette, walks out of the house and leaves. The judge at the trial, although quite impressed with M. Madeleine's work and reputation, is shocked that Valjean, while mentioning a date that another convict had tattooed on himself (in order to prove that M. Madeleine was actually Jean Valjean) called Valjean allows Javert to arrest him, but quickly escapes.