This chase continues throughout the novel until Javert’s eventual suicide. But his broken parole attracts incessant pursuit by police officer Javert, who was once in charge of the prison workforce Valjean was part of. After becoming mayor, Valjean saves a woman forced into prostitution by poverty from being arrested and adopts her daughter Cosette when she dies. Valjean breaks his parole, then uses money from silver stolen from a bishop to turn his life around by becoming a mayor and factory owner, inspired by the bishop’s kindness in lying to the police about the theft in order to save him. The novel tells the story of Jean Valjean, beginning with his release after nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread and several escape attempts. First published in 1862, it is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19 th century, although its gargantuan length is a possible explanation for the greater popularity of the musical, which, in contrast, is under three hours. Les Misérables is perhaps best known as a stage musical and a film from 2012 starring Hugh Jackman, but the moving story was originally a novel written by Victor Hugo, which at 1,900 pages in its original French is approximately four times longer than the average Harry Potter book.
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