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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Les Misérables, v. 3/5: Marius](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqp3r1mw649aeswgcpzh4jpv/editions/2026-09-06-html-v1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261019%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261019T232518Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=5b7b711f0e0bf4c39337ce6f0fe7d2b9408a18d1dc75adc297fe834d7547712b) ## About this work Paris is a furnace of laughter, hunger, memory, and revolt. In its streets, the gamin survives by wit; in its cafés, young men argue over France, Napoleon, and the future; in cramped rooms, poverty presses against danger. At the center of this tumult stands Marius, a young man forced to discover who he is and what he believes. His journey leads through estrangement, indigence, intellectual awakening, and the bewildering force of love—while hidden schemes gather in the shadows around him. With its panoramic vision of Paris and its intimate portraits of the forgotten, Marius is at once political history, social drama, and epic fiction. This third volume of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, in Sir Lascelles Wraxall’s authorized translation, follows the collision of private lives and public destiny with passion, compassion, and suspense. This Publica.now Classics edition includes a new typographic cover and publisher opening and closing pages. Sample ## Take a look inside LES MISÉRABLES. BY VICTOR HUGO. PART THIRD. MARIUS. AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY SIR LASCELLES WRAXALL. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1887\. MARIUS TABLE OF CONTENTS. MARIUS. 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 CAFÉ 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… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fles-miserables-v-35-marius) The sample continues in the full work. [ #Orphans -- Fiction ](/search?query=Orphans+--+Fiction) [ #Paris (France) -- Fiction ](/search?query=Paris+%28France%29+--+Fiction) [ #Epic literature ](/search?query=Epic+literature) [ #Ex-convicts -- Fiction ](/search?query=Ex-convicts+--+Fiction) [ #Orphans ](/search?query=Orphans) [ #Paris ](/search?query=Paris) [ #Ex-convicts ](/search?query=Ex-convicts) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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