BOOK I. PARIS STUDIED IN ITS GAMIN.
I. PARVULUS
II. THE GAMIN'S CHARACTERISTICS
III. HE IS AGREEABLE
IV. HE MAY BE USEFUL
V. HIS CONFINES
VI. A BIT OF HISTORY
VII. THE GAMIN WOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN INDIAN CASTES
VIII. A CHARMING ANECDOTE OF THE LAST KING
IX. THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL
X. ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO
XI. THE REIGN OF RIDICULE
XII. THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE
XIII. LITTLE GAVROCHE
BOOK II. LE GRAND BOURGEOIS.
I. NINETY YEARS AND TWO-AND-THIRTY TEETH
II. LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOME
III. LUC ESPRIT
IV. AN ASPIRING CENTENARIAN
V. BASQUE AND NICOLETTE
VI. MAGNON AND HER TWO LITTLE ONES
VII. RULE: NO ONE RECEIVED UNTIL EVENING
VIII. TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR
BOOK III. GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON.
I. AN OLD DRAWING-ROOM
II. A RED SPECTRE OF THAT DAY
III. REQUIESCANT!
IV. THE END OF THE BRIGAND
V. MARIUS MEETS A CHURCHWARDEN
VI. WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN
VII. SOME PETTICOAT
VIII. MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE
BOOK IV. THE FRIENDS OF THE A. B. C.
I. A GROUP THAT NEARLY BECAME HISTORICAL
II. BOSSUET'S FUNERAL ORATION ON BLONDEAU
III. MARIUS IS ASTONISHED
IV. THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
V. ENLARGEMENT OF THE HORIZON
VI. RES ANGUSTA
BOOK V. THE GOOD OF MISFORTUNE.
I. MARIUS IS INDIGENT
II. MARIUS POOR
III. MARIUS GROWS
IV. M. MABŒUF
V. POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO MISERY
VI. THE SUBSTITUTE
BOOK VI. THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS.
I. NICKNAMES AND SURNAMES
II. LUX FACTA EST
III. THE EFFECT OF SPRING
IV. BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY
V. MAME BOUGON IS THUNDER-STRUCK
VI. TAKEN PRISONER
VII. ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER "U" LEFT TO CONJECTURES
VIII. EVEN INVALIDS MAY BE LUCKY
IX. ECLIPSE
BOOK VII. PATRON MINETTE.
I. MINES AND MINERS
II. THE BOTTOM
III. BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE
IV. COMPOSITION OF THE TROOP
BOOK VIII. THE EVIL POOR.
I. MARIUS LOOKING FOR A GIRL'S BONNET MEETS A MAN'S CAP
II. MARIUS FINDS SOMETHING
III. FOUR LETTERS
IV. A ROSE IN WRETCHEDNESS
V. A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE
VI. THE WILD-BEAST MAN IN HIS LAIR
VII. STRATEGY AND TACTICS
VIII. A SUNBEAM IN THE GARRET
IX. JONDRETTE ALMOST CRIES
X. THE TARIFF OF CAB-FARES
XI. WRETCHEDNESS OFFERS HELP TO SORROW
XII. THE USE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE
XIII. PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT
XIV. A POLICE-AGENT GIVES A LAWYER TWO "KNOCK-ME-DOWNS"
XV. JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASE
XVI. A SONG TO AN ENGLISH AIR POPULAR IN 1832
XVII. THE USE OF MARIUS'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE
XVIII. THE TWO CHAIRS FACE TO FACE
XIX. TREATING OF DARK DEPTHS
XX. THE TRAP
XXI. ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS
XXII. THE LITTLE CHILD WHO CRIED IN VOLUME SECOND