Feel the power of good by reading Les Misérables (summary). Hugo will blow your mind

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Writer Victor Hugo was an old-fashioned and modest man. In his demeanor, he was somewhat reminiscent of Zinovy Gerdt. A visible transformation took place with him when he defended his convictions, expressed in oratorical pathos, personal courage. We will be glad, dear readers, if you yourself want to pick up this book after today's acquaintance with the modest attempt of the author of the article to present the novel "Les Misérables" in a summary.

Hugo stood out even among the dynamic and determined French: he was called the Banner of the Revolution. He was a staunch opponent of human violence and an ardent supporter of the abolition of the death pen alty. Compatriots, discussing the novel, forged in the crucible of the writer's thoughts, feelings and beliefs, agreed on one thing: there has never been such a powerful ideological weapon against violence against a person. Victor wrote with inspiration and creativityHugo "Les Misérables".

Summary of the epic novel at the plotting stage brings together two completely different people: the convict Jean Valjean, who has served his sentence, and Charles Mariel, the bishop of the city of Digne, who sheltered and fed the destitute. Jean feels hatred for everything that exists. He is convinced that the world is unfair. He was convicted for stealing the bread he took to feed his hungry children. Taking advantage of his presence in a we althy house and noticing where the bishop keeps silver cutlery, the convict immediately steals them. Jean is detained by the police, brought to the bishop, but he not only withdraws the charge from the detainee, but, having sent the police, gives him, in addition to the stolen one, a couple of silver candlesticks that he had not noticed before. Such an almost biblical story begins Hugo's story Les Miserables. The summary of the book must not miss this moment of truth, the meeting that shocked Jean Valjean and, changing his inner world, aroused a desire to serve the Good. However, when he left the bishop's house, he, still in a twilight state of consciousness, out of habit took the money from the boy he met. Almost immediately, the convict realizes what he has done, repents, but it is impossible to return the money - the boy immediately ran away.

Jean Valjean starts building a new life for himself.

Assigning someone else's name - Madeleine, organizes factory production of black glass products. His business is going uphill, and he,the owner of the enterprise that has benefited the city becomes its mayor. Despite universal recognition and an award - the Order of the Legion of Honor - Madeleine is characterized by modesty and humanity. What further dynamics does the book Les Misérables contain? A brief summary of Hugo is further presented with the involvement of a character - the bearer of intrigue, this is Valjean's ideological apologist - police agent Javert. It is paradoxical that, fulfilling misanthropic paragraphs, he acts with a clear conscience, in his mind identifying the Law and the Good. Like a real operative, Javert, suspecting the mayor, innocently informs him about the trial of the allegedly caught convict Jean Valjean (actually, the innocent M. Chanmatier is being tried) on charges of robbing a boy.

Madeleine, as a worthy person, arrives at the court and confesses that in reality he is Jean Valjean, demanding the release of the accused. Confessed by the decision of the court receives an excessively severe punishment - lifelong work on the galleys. Having staged his death in the depths of the sea, Valjean appears to correct his sin. By his decision as mayor, the illegitimate girl Cosette, after the death of her mother, fell into the family of tavern owners Thenardier, who discriminated against her in every possible way. Valjean takes the girl in, becomes her foster father and takes care of her. After all, in the end, love and care are the essence of the novel Les Misérables. Summary (Hugo) - confirmation of this. Vigilant Javert organizes a night raid on Valjean too. However, the fate of the suffererssupportive, they manage to hide and find shelter at the monastery: Cosette studies at a boarding school, and Jean works as a gardener. A young bourgeois, Marius Pontmercy, falls in love with a girl. However, the vindictive Thenardier negotiates with the bandits to rob and let the old man through the world. Marius finds out about this and calls the police for help.

To help, by chance, none other than Inspector Javert, who detains the bandits, arrives. But Valjean himself manages to escape. Paris is in revolution. By this time, Cosette is married to Marius. Valjean confesses to his son-in-law that he is a convict, and he distances himself from his father-in-law, considering him a criminal. Barricades are being built on the streets of Paris, local street battles are taking place. Marius protects one of them. He and his comrades captivate a disguised police bloodhound - Javert. But the noble Jean Valjean arrived in time to free him. Government troops defeat the rebels. A former convict takes out a wounded son-in-law from under fire. Human feelings wake up in Javert and he releases Valjean. But, having broken the law, he comes into conflict with himself, committing suicide.

Meanwhile, Jean is old, and life begins to fade in him. He, not wanting to compromise Cosette, visits her less and less, fading away. At this time, the conscience wakes up in the villain Thenardier, and he informs Marius that his father-in-law is not at all a thief or a murderer, but a decent person. Marius and Cosette come to Jean Valjean, asking for forgiveness for the unjustsuspicions. He dies happy. So ends for the epic novel "Les Misérables" summary. Hugo sincerely believed (and forced others to believe) that the coming epochs would be marked by Christian values, the inner struggle in every human animal and immortal. The great humanist believed that the key to the future of mankind lies in the realization of the value of every life.

Heroes of Victor Hugo are convinced romantics, strong spiritually, possessing an "inner core", resisting lies, injustice, cruelty with their exploits and martyrdom.

The respect of the French for Victor Hugo was clearly manifested in farewell to the brilliant writer: on June 1, 1885, a nationwide funeral was announced by the French Parliament. 800 thousand French people were directly present at them. Even after his death, he served to unite the nation!

It remains only to agree with the words of a short parting word that people, like spring water, will always turn to the works of the “old utopian”, making their “fantasies” “heart flutter”.