In the popular imagination, the character of Jean Valjean came to represent Hugo himself.Īs a parolee, Valjean is issued a yellow passport with marching orders to Pontarlier, where he will be forced to live under severe restrictions. Valjean and police Inspector Javert, who repeatedly encounters Valjean and attempts to return him to prison, have become archetypes in literary culture. Valjean is also known in the novel as Monsieur Madeleine, Ultime Fauchelevent (sometimes called Tranchelevent), Monsieur Leblanc, and Urbain Fabre. The story depicts the character's struggle to lead a normal life and redeem himself after serving a 19-year-long prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's starving children and attempting to escape from prison. Jean Valjean ( French: ) is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. Illustration by Gustave Brion.Ĭosette (surrogate daughter no legal or blood relation) Jean Valjean disguised as Monsieur Madeleine.
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