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Les Misérables: A Chapter-by-Chapter Reflection

This is a collection of all of my Les Miserables reflections as I read through the book at the pace of a chapter a day. Reading the novel should take exactly one year and I started on January 1st 2026. Since the structure reflects the layout of the novel, finding a post for a specific chapter should be relatively straight forward.

Intro Post

Les Miserables: A Chapter A Day

My plan to read through Les Miserables slowly this year and write daily responses as I read

Part One: Fantine

I. An Upright Man

Chapter One - Les Miserables: Monseigneur Myriel

Chapter Two - Les Miserables: Bienvenu

Chapter Three - Les Miserables: Working for the common good

Chapter Four - Les Miserables: Myriel's own way of looking at things

Chapter Five - Les Miserables: Threadbare Cassocks

Chapter Six - Les Miserables: On Beauty & Usefulness

Chapter Seven - Les Miserables: Cravatte

Chapter Eight - Les Miserables: A Philosopher In His Cups

Chapter Nine - Les Miserables: A Sister's Perspective

Chapter Ten - Les Miserables: Shared Humanity

Chapter Eleven - Les Miserables: Luxury & The Arts

Chapter Twelve - Les Miserables: The Loneliness of M. Myriel

Chapter Thirteen - Les Miserables: Myriel's Beliefs

Chapter Fourteen - Les Miserables: What Myriel Thought

II. The Outcast

Chapter One - Les Miserables: We Meet The Outcast

Chapter Two - Les Miserables: That Night in the Bishop's House

Chapter Three - Les Miserables: Monster or Child of God?

Chapter Four - Les Miserables: The Gift of Normalcy

Chapter Five - Les Miserables: Fear & Survival

Chapter Six - Les Miserables: A Broken Window & A Loaf of Bread

Chapter Seven - Les Miserables: A Grain Of Corn Between Two Millstones

Chapter Eight - Les Miserables: Progress and Dispensability

Chapter Nine - Les Miserables: The Yellow Ticket

Chapter Ten - Les Miserables: Temptation and Need

Chapter Eleven - Les Miserables: The Curé, The Criminal & The Crucifix

Chapter Twelve - Les Miserables: Tangible Mercy & Grace

Chapter Thirteen - Les Miserables: Shattered by Grace

III. The In The Year 1817

Chapter One - Les Miserables: An Abrupt Transition

Chapter Two - Les Miserables: Double Foursome

Chapter Three - Les Miserables: Fixated on Beauty

Chapter Four - Les Miserables: The Surprise Awaits

Chapter Five - Les Miserables: A Strange Aside

Chapter Six - Les Miserables: Lies & Adoration

Chapter Seven - Les Miserables: Tholomyès the Fucc Boi

Chapter Eight - Les Miserables: A Dead Horse

Chapter Nine - Les Miserables: A Dreadful Surprise

IV. To Trust Is Sometimes To Surrender

Chapter One - Les Miserables: Fantine & Cosette

Chapter Two - Les Miserables: The Thénardiers

Chapter Three - Les Miserables: Cosette The Lark

V. Degradation

Chapter One - Les Miserables: A Quaint Lesson In Economics

Chapter Two - Les Miserables: The Generosity & Trajectory of Père Madeleine

Chapter Three - Les Miserables: Only Bad Husbandry

Chapter Four - Les Miserables: Is Love an Orbit?

Chapter Five - Les Miserables: We Meet Javert

Chapter Six - Les Miserables: Madeliene Notices Javert's Attention

Chapter Seven - Les Miserables: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Chapter Eight - Les Miserables: Fantine's Demise

Chapter Nine - Les Miserables: A Dark Response

Chapter Ten - Les Miserables: Fantine Hits The Bottom

Chapter Eleven - Les Miserables: In Becoming Dirt, She Has Been Turned To Stone

Chapter Twelve - Les Miserables: Walmart Fuccboi

Chapter Thirteen - Les Miserables: Mercy For Fantine

VI. Javert

Chapter One - Les Miserables: Fates Hang In The Balance

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