Chapter 3 Cosette Monsieur Madeleine is, of course, Jean Valjean. You knew that already. After Digne, he sells the bishop’s silver plates (but keeps the candlesticks). …
Chapter 2 Fantine Now we meet Fantine. She is young and beautiful, and in love with a man in Paris. But she has no family, and no money. For Fantine, this is the love o…
Chapter 1 Jean Valjean It is the year 1796, and the people of France are hungry. Not the rich people, of course. They have food, they have warm clothes, they have beaut…
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” “All grown-ups were once chil…
Chapter 27 A Concert for the Rose And now six years have already gone by... I have never yet told this story. The companions who met me on my return were well content t…
Chapter 26 To the Starts Beside the well there was the ruin of an old stone wall. When I came back from my work, the next evening, I saw from some distance away my litt…
Chapter 25 "One must look with the heart……" "Men," said the little prince, "set out on their way in express trains, but they do not know what they are looking for. Then…
Chapter 24 "What is essential is invisible to the eye!" It was now the eighth day since I had had my accident in the desert, and I had listened to the story of the merc…
Chapter 23 Thirst-Quenching Pills "Good morning," said the little prince. "Good morning," said the merchant. This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented t…
Chapter 22 Trains Without "Destinations" "Good morning," said the little prince. "Good morning," said the railway switchman. "What do you do here?" the little prince as…