Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo Book 02, ch. 04: Details concerning the Cheese-Dairies of Pontarlier

Les Miserables, Volume 1 by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1850-1928) This is volume 1 of 5. -- An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray.