Les Miserables, Volume 2 02 -- Bk 01 Ch 02: Hougomont

Les Miserables, Volume 2 by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1850-1928) This is volume 2 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.