Les Misérables (2014 Animated Film)

Jean Valjean, known as Prisoner 24601, is released from prison and breaks parole to create a new life for himself while evading the grip of the persistent Inspector Javert. Set in post-revolutionary France, the story reaches resolution against the background of the June Rebellion.

Characters

 * Jean Valjean (also known as Monsieur Madeleine, Ultime Fauchelevent, Monsieur Leblanc, and Urbain Fabre) – The protagonist of the novel. Convicted for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's seven starving children and sent to prison for five years, he is paroled from prison nineteen years later (after four unsuccessful escape attempts added twelve years and fighting back during the second escape attempt added two extra years). Rejected by society for being a former convict, he encounters Bishop Myriel, who turns his life around by showing him mercy and encouraging him to become a new man. While sitting and pondering what Bishop Myriel had said, he puts his shoe on a forty-sou piece dropped by a young wanderer. Valjean threatens the boy with his stick when the boy attempts to rouse Valjean from his reverie and recover his money. He tells a passing priest his name, and the name of the boy, and this allows the police to charge him with armed robbery – a sentence that, if he were caught again, would return him to prison for life. He assumes a new identity (Monsieur Madeleine) in order to pursue an honest life. He introduces new manufacturing techniques and eventually builds two factories and becomes one of the richest men in the area. By popular acclaim he is made mayor. He confronts Javert over Fantine's punishment, turns himself in to the police to save another man from prison for life, and rescues Cosette from the Thénardiers. Discovered by Javert in Paris because of his generosity to the poor, he evades capture for the next several years in a convent. He saves Marius from imprisonment and probable death at the barricade, reveals his true identity to Marius and Cosette after their wedding, and is reunited with them just before his death, having kept his promise to the bishop and to Fantine, the image of whom is the last thing he sees before dying. His voice actor is Jim Piddock
 * Javert – A fanatic police inspector in pursuit to recapture Valjean. Born in the prisons to a convict father and a gypsy mother, he renounces both of them and starts working as a guard in the prison, including one stint as the overseer for the chain gang of which Valjean is part (and here witnesses firsthand Valjean's enormous strength and just what he looks like). Eventually he joins the police force in the small town identified only as M____-sur-M__. He arrests Fantine and butts heads with Valjean/Madeleine, who orders him to release Fantine. Valjean dismisses Javert in front of his squad and Javert, seeking revenge, reports to the Police Inspector that he has discovered Jean Valjean. He is told that he must be incorrect, as a man mistakenly believed to be Jean Valjean was just arrested. He requests of M. Madeline that he be dismissed in disgrace, for he cannot be less harsh on himself than on others. When the real Jean Valjean turns himself in, Javert is promoted to the Paris police force where he arrests Valjean and sends him back to prison. After Valjean escapes again, Javert attempts one more arrest in vain. He then almost recaptures Valjean at Gorbeau house when he arrests the Thénardiers and Patron-Minette. Later, while working undercover behind the barricade, his identity is discovered. Valjean pretends to execute Javert, but releases him. When Javert next encounters Valjean emerging from the sewers, he allows him to make a brief visit home and then walks off instead of arresting him. Javert cannot reconcile his devotion to the law with his recognition that the lawful course is immoral. He takes his own life by jumping into the Seine. His voice actor is Alan Rickman.
 * Fantine – A beautiful Parisian grisette abandoned with a small child by her lover Félix Tholomyès. Fantine leaves her daughter Cosette in the care of the Thénardiers, innkeepers in the village of Montfermeil. Mme. Thénardier spoils her own daughters and abuses Cosette. Fantine finds work at Monsieur Madeleine's factory. Illiterate, she has others write letters to the Thénardiers on her behalf. A female supervisor discovers that she is an unwed mother and dismisses her. To meet the Thénardiers' repeated demands for money, she sells her hair and two front teeth, and turns to prostitution. She becomes ill. Valjean learns of her plight when Javert arrests her for attacking a man who called her insulting names and threw snow down her back, and sends her to a hospital. As Javert confronts Valjean in her hospital room, because her illness has made her so weak, she dies of shock after Javert reveals that Valjean is a convict and hasn't brought her daughter Cosette to her (after the doctor encouraged that incorrect belief that Jean Valjean's recent absence was because he was bringing her daughter to her). Her voice actress is Kirsten Fairlie.
 * Cosette (formally Euphrasie, also known as "the Lark", Mademoiselle Lanoire, Ursula) – The illegitimate daughter of Fantine and Tholomyès. From approximately the age of three to the age of eight, she is beaten and forced to work as a drudge for the Thénardiers. After her mother Fantine dies, Valjean ransoms Cosette from the Thénardiers and cares for her as if she were his daughter. Nuns in a Paris convent educate her. She grows up to become very beautiful. She falls in love with Marius Pontmercy and marries him near the novel's conclusion. Her voice actress is Maggie Blue O'Hara.
 * Marius Pontmercy – A young law student loosely associated with the Friends of the ABC. He shares the political principles of his father and has a tempestuous relationship with his royalist grandfather, Monsieur Gillenormand. He falls in love with Cosette and fights on the barricades when he believes Valjean has taken her to London. After he and Cosette marry, he recognizes Thénardier as a swindler and pays him to leave France. His voice actor is Yuri Lowenthal.
 * Éponine (the Jondrette girl) – The Thénardiers' elder daughter. As a child, she is pampered and spoiled by her parents, but ends up a street urchin when she reaches adolescence. She participates in her father's crimes and begging schemes to obtain money. She is blindly in love with Marius. At Marius' request, she finds Valjean and Cosette's house for him and sadly leads him there. She also prevents her father, Patron-Minette and Brujon from robbing the house during one of Marius' visits there to see Cosette. After disguising herself as a boy, she manipulates Marius into going to the barricades, hoping that they will die together. Wanting to die before Marius, she reaches out her hand to stop a soldier from shooting at him; she is mortally wounded as the bullet goes through her hand and her back. As she is dying, she confesses all this to Marius, and gives him a letter from Cosette. Her final request to Marius is that once she has passed, he will kiss her on the forehead. He fulfills her request not because of romantic feelings on his part, but out of pity for her hard life. Her voice actress is Ariel Winter
 * Monsieur Thénardier and Madame Thénardier (also known as the Jondrettes, M. Fabantou, M. Thénard. Some translations identify her as the Thenardiess) – Husband and wife, parents of five children: two daughters, Éponine and Azelma, and three sons, Gavroche and two unnamed younger sons. As innkeepers, they abuse Cosette as a child and extract payment from Fantine for her support, until Valjean takes Cosette away. They become bankrupt and relocate under the name Jondrette to a house in Paris called the Gorbeau house, living in the room next to Marius. The husband associate with a criminal group called "the Patron-Minette", and conspires to rob Valjean until he is thwarted by Marius. Javert arrests the couple. The wife dies in prison. Her husband attempts to blackmail Marius with his knowledge of Valjean's past, but Marius pays him to leave the country. He becomes a slave trader in the United States. Monsieur's voice actor is Maurice LaMarche, while Madame's voice actress is Tress McNellie
 * Enjolras – The leader of Les Amis de l'ABC (Friends of the ABC) in the Paris uprising. Passionately committed to republican principles and the idea of progress. He and Grantaire are executed by the National Guards after the barricade falls. His voice actor is Crispin Freeman.
 * Gavroche – The unloved middle child and eldest son of the Thénardiers. He lives on his own as a street urchin and sleeps inside an elephant statue outside the Bastille. He briefly takes care of his two younger brothers, unaware they are related to him. He takes part in the barricades and is killed while collecting bullets from dead National Guardsmen. His voice actor is Dee Bradley Baker
 * Bishop Myriel – The Bishop of Digne (full name Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel, also called Monseigneur Bienvenu) – A kindly old priest promoted to bishop after a chance encounter with Napoleon. After Valjean steals some silver from him, he saves Valjean from being arrested and inspires Valjean to change his ways. His voice actor is Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
 * Bahorel – A dandy and an idler from a peasant background, who is known well around the student cafes of Paris. His voice actor is Rene Auberjonis
 * Combeferre – A philosophical student who is second to Enjolras in the group. His voice actor is Rob Paulson
 * Courfeyrac – Marius' closest friend in the book, who provides him with financial assistance and with lodging after the Gorbeau house affair. Courfeyrac is charismatic and one of the more enthusiastic members of the Friends of the ABC. His voice actor is Dee Bradley Baker
 * Feuilly – A fan maker who studies the subject of revolution deeply. His voice actor is Greg Ellis
 * Grantaire – Grantaire is an alcoholic student who has little interest of revolution or democracy (and at times scoffs at these ideas), but is part of the Friends of the ABC purely out of his love for Enjolras. Grantaire is cynical and upholds a philosophy of Nihilism, making him the opposite of Enjolras. This is emphasized in the novel, where their relationship is compared to that of Orestes and his companion Pylades. Enjolras, in return, thinks little of Grantaire. During the uprising Grantaire finds himself holed-up in a wine shop and drinks himself into a stupor. Upon awaking he finds Enjolras hiding in the shop. When the army eventually arrives, Grantaire requests to be executed alongside Enjolras. Despite his stoicism and pessimism, Grantaire exchanges a smile with Enjolras before they are killed. His voice actor is J.B. Blanc
 * Jean Prouvaire – A very well-spoken romantic. His voice actor is Jeff Bennett
 * Joly – Student of medicine who has unusual theories about health. He is also a hypochondriac and the happiest of Les Amis. His voice actor is David Letour
 * Lesgle [also Lègle, Laigle, L'Aigle (The Eagle) or Bossuet] – The oldest member of the group, Lesgle was granted a dukedom by Louis XVIII after helping him into a carriage. He is considered to be notoriously unlucky, a theory which he assumed when he started balding aged twenty-five. Lesgle is the one who introduced Marius to the Friends of the ABC, and saved him from expulsion from college by calling out "here" when Marius' name is read from the register in his absence. His voice actor is Maurice LaMarche
 * Azelma – The younger daughter of the Thénardiers. Like her sister Éponine, she is spoiled as a child, impoverished when older. She abets her father's failed robbery of Valjean. On Marius and Cosette's wedding day, she tails Valjean on her father's orders. She travels to America with her father at the end of the novel. Her voice actress is Kath Soucie
 * Bamatabois – An idler who harasses Fantine. Later a juror at Champmathieu's trial. His voice actor is Jeff Bennett
 * (Mlle) Baptistine Myriel – Bishop Myriel's sister. She loves and venerates her brother. Her voice actress is Grey DeLisle
 * Bougon, Madame (called Ma'am Burgon) – Housekeeper of Gorbeau House. Her voice actress is ???
 * Brevet – An ex-convict from Toulon who knew Valjean there; released one year after Valjean. In 1823, he is serving time in the prison in Arras for an unknown crime. He is the first to claim that Champmathieu is really Valjean. He used to wear knitted, checkered suspenders. His voice actor is ???
 * Brujon – A robber and criminal. He participates in crimes with M. Thénardier and the Patron-Minette gang (such as the Gorbeau Robbery and the attempted robbery at the Rue Plumet). The author describes Brujon as being "a sprightly young fellow, very cunning and very adroit, with a flurried and plaintive appearance." His voice actor is ???
 * Champmathieu – A vagabond who is misidentified as Valjean after being caught stealing apples. His voice actor is ???
 * Chenildieu – A lifer from Toulon. He and Valjean were chain mates for five years. He once tried to unsuccessfully remove his lifer's brand TFP ("travaux forcés à perpetuité", "forced labour for life") by putting his shoulder on a chafing dish full of embers. He is described as a small, wiry but energetic man. His voice actor is ???
 * Cochepaille – Another lifer from Toulon. He used to be a shepherd from the Pyrenees who became a smuggler. He is described as stupid and has a tattoo on his arm, 1 Mars 1815. His voice actor is ???
 * Colonel Georges Pontmercy – Marius's father and an officer in Napoleon's army. Wounded at Waterloo, Pontmercy erroneously believes M. Thénardier saved his life. He tells Marius of this great debt. He loves Marius and although M. Gillenormand does not allow him to visit, he continually hid behind a pillar in the church on Sunday so that he could at least look at Marius from a distance). Napoleon made him a baron, but the next regime refused to recognize his barony or his status as a colonel, instead referring to him only as a commandant. The book usually calls him "The colonel." His voice actor is ???
 * Fauchelevent – A failed businessman whom Valjean (as M. Madeleine) saves from being crushed under a carriage. Valjean gets him a position as gardener at a Paris convent, where Fauchelevent later provides sanctuary for Valjean and Cosette and allows Valjean to pose as his brother. His voice actor is ???
 * Mabeuf – An elderly churchwarden, friend of Colonel Pontmercy, who after the Colonel's death befriends his son Marius and helps Marius realize his father loved him. Mabeuf loves plants and books, but sells his books and prints in order to live. When Mabeuf finds a purse in his yard, he takes it to the police. After selling his last book, he joins the students in the insurrection. He is shot dead raising the flag atop the barricade. His voice actor is ???
 * Mademoiselle Gillenormand – Daughter of M. Gillenormand, with whom she lives. Her late half-sister (M. Gillenormand's daughter from another marriage), was Marius' mother. Her voice actor is ???
 * Magloire, Madame – Domestic servant to Bishop Myriel and his sister. Her voice actor is ???
 * Magnon – Former servant of M. Gillenormand and friend of the Thénardiers. She had been receiving child support payments from M. Gillenormand for her two illegitimate sons, who she claimed were fathered by him. When her sons died in an epidemic, she had them replaced with the Thénardiers' two youngest sons so that she could protect her income. The Thénardiers get a portion of the payments. She is incorrectly arrested for involvement in the Gorbeau robbery. Her voice actress is ???
 * Monsieur Gillenormand – Marius' grandfather. A monarchist, he disagrees sharply with Marius on political issues, and they have several arguments. He attempts to keep Marius from being influenced by his father, Colonel Georges Pontmercy. While in perpetual conflict over ideas, he does illustrate his love for his grandson. His voice actor is ???
 * Mother Innocente (a.k.a. Marguerite de Blemeur) – The prioress of the Petit-Picpus convent. Her voice actress is ???
 * Patron-Minette – A quartet of bandits who assist in the Thénardiers' ambush of Valjean at Gorbeau House and the attempted robbery at the Rue Plumet. The gang consists of Montparnasse, Claquesous, Babet, and Gueulemer. Claquesous, who escaped from the carriage transporting him to prison after the Gorbeau Robbery, joins the revolution under the guise of "Le Cabuc" and is executed by Enjolras for firing on civilians. His voice actor is ???
 * Petit Gervais – A travelling Savoyard boy who drops a coin. Valjean, still a man of criminal mind, places his foot on the coin and refuses to return it. His voice actor is ???
 * Sister Simplice – A famously truthful nun who cares for Fantine on her sickbed and lies to Javert to protect Valjean. Her voice actress is ???
 * Félix Tholomyès – Fantine's lover and Cosette's biological father. A rich, self-centered student, he abandons Fantine when their daughter is 2. His voice actor is ???
 * Toussaint – Valjean and Cosette's servant in Paris. She has a slight stutter. Her voice actress is ???
 * Two little boys – The two unnamed youngest sons of the Thénardiers, whom they send to Magnon to replace her two dead sons. Living on the streets, they encounter Gavroche, who is unaware they are his siblings but treats them like they are his brothers. After Gavroche's death, they retrieve bread tossed by a bourgeois man to geese in a fountain at the Luxembourg Gardens. Their voice actors are ??? and ???

Plot
The story begins in 1815 in Digne, as the peasant Jean Valjean, just released from 19 years' imprisonment in the galleys—five for stealing bread for his starving sister and her family and fourteen more for numerous escape attempts—is turned away by innkeepers because his yellow passport marks him as a former convict. He sleeps on the street, angry and bitter. Digne's benevolent Bishop Myriel gives him shelter. At night, Valjean runs off with Myriel's silverware. When the police capture Valjean, Myriel pretends that he has given the silverware to Valjean and presses him to take two silver candlesticks as well, as if he had forgotten to take them. The police accept his explanation and leave. Myriel tells Valjean that his life has been spared for God, that he should use the silver candlesticks to make an honest man of himself. Valjean broods over Myriel's words. When opportunity presents itself, purely out of habit, he steals a 40-sous coin from 12-year-old Petit Gervais and chases the boy away. He quickly repents and searches the city in panic for Gervais. At the same time, his theft is reported to the authorities. Valjean hides as they search for him, because if apprehended he will be returned to the galleys for life as a repeat offender. Six years pass and Valjean, using the alias Monsieur Madeleine, has become a wealthy factory owner and is appointed mayor of a town identified only as M____-sur-M__. Walking down the street, he sees a man named Fauchelevent pinned under the wheels of a cart. When no one volunteers to lift the cart, even for pay, he decides to rescue Fauchelevent himself. He crawls underneath the cart, manages to lift it, and frees him. The town's police inspector, Inspector Javert, who was an adjutant guard at the Bagne of Toulon during Valjean's incarceration, becomes suspicious of the mayor after witnessing this remarkable feat of strength. He has known only one other man, a convict named Jean Valjean, who could accomplish it. Years earlier in Paris, a grisette named Fantine was very much in love with Félix Tholomyès. His friends, Listolier, Fameuil, and Blachevelle were also paired with Fantine's friends Dahlia, Zéphine, and Favourite. The men abandon the women, treating their relationships as youthful amusements. Fantine must draw on her own resources to care for her and Tholomyès' daughter, Cosette. When Fantine arrives at Montfermeil, she leaves Cosette in the care of the Thénardiers, a corrupt innkeeper and his selfish, cruel wife. Fantine is unaware that they are abusing her daughter and using her as forced labor for their inn, and continues to try to meet their growing, extortionate and fictitious demands. She is later fired from her job at Jean Valjean's factory, because of the discovery of her daughter, who was born out of wedlock. Meanwhile, the Thénardiers' monetary demands continue to grow. In desperation, Fantine sells her hair and two front teeth, and she resorts to prostitution to pay the Thénardiers. Fantine is slowly dying from an unspecified disease. A dandy named Bamatabois harasses Fantine in the street, and she reacts by striking him. Javert arrests Fantine. She begs to be released so that she can provide for her daughter, but Javert sentences her to six months in prison. Valjean (Mayor Madeleine) intervenes and orders Javert to release her. Javert resists but Valjean prevails. Valjean, feeling responsible because his factory turned her away, promises Fantine that he will bring Cosette to her. He takes her to a hospital. Javert comes to see Valjean again. Javert admits that after being forced to free Fantine, he reported him as Valjean to the French authorities. He tells Valjean he realizes he was wrong, because the authorities have identified someone else as the real Jean Valjean, have him in custody, and plan to try him the next day. Valjean is torn, but decides to reveal himself to save the innocent man, whose real name is Champmathieu. He travels to attend the trial and there reveals his true identity. Valjean returns to M____-sur-M__ to see Fantine, followed by Javert, who confronts him in her hospital room. After Javert grabs Valjean, Valjean asks for three days to bring Cosette to Fantine, but Javert refuses. Fantine discovers that Cosette is not at the hospital and fretfully asks where she is. Javert orders her to be quiet, and then reveals to her Valjean's real identity. Weakened by the severity of her illness, she falls back in shock and dies. Valjean goes to Fantine, speaks to her in an inaudible whisper, kisses her hand, and then leaves with Javert. Fantine's body is thrown into a public grave.

Valjean escapes, is recaptured, and is sentenced to death. The king commutes his sentence to penal servitude for life. While imprisoned at the military port of Toulon, Valjean, at great personal risk, rescues a sailor caught in the ship's rigging. Spectators call for his release. Valjean fakes his own death by allowing himself to fall into the ocean. Authorities report him dead and his body lost.

Valjean arrives at Montfermeil on Christmas Eve. He finds Cosette fetching water in the woods alone and walks with her to the inn. He orders a meal and observes how the Thénardiers abuse her, while pampering their own daughters Éponine and Azelma, who mistreat Cosette for playing with their doll. Valjean leaves and returns to make Cosette a present of an expensive new doll which, after some hesitation, she happily accepts. Éponine and Azelma are envious. Madame Thénardier is furious with Valjean, while her husband makes light of Valjean's behaviour, caring only that he pay for his food and lodging.

The next morning, Valjean informs the Thénardiers that he wants to take Cosette with him. Madame Thénardier immediately accepts, while Thénardier pretends to love Cosette and be concerned for her welfare, reluctant to give her up. Valjean pays 1,500 francs to them, and he and Cosette leave the inn. Thénardier, hoping to swindle more out of Valjean, runs after them, holding the 1,500 francs, and tells Valjean he wants Cosette back. He informs Valjean that he cannot release Cosette without a note from the child's mother. Valjean hands Thénardier Fantine's letter authorizing the bearer to take Cosette. Thénardier then demands that Valjean pay a thousand crowns, but Valjean and Cosette leave. Thénardier regrets that he did not bring his gun and turns back toward home.

Valjean and Cosette flee to Paris. Valjean rents new lodgings at Gorbeau House, where he and Cosette live happily. However, Javert discovers Valjean's lodgings there a few months later. Valjean takes Cosette and they try to escape from Javert. They soon find shelter in the Petit-Picpus convent with the help of Fauchelevent, the man whom Valjean once rescued from being crushed under a cart and who has become the convent's gardener. Valjean also becomes a gardener and Cosette becomes a student at the convent school.

Eight years later, the Friends of the ABC, led by Enjolras, are preparing an act of anti-Orléanist civil unrest on the eve of the Paris uprising on 5–6 June 1832, following the death of General Lamarque, the only French leader who had sympathy towards the working class. They are also joined by the poor of the Cour des miracles, including the Thénardiers' eldest son Gavroche, who is a street urchin.

One of the students, Marius Pontmercy, has become alienated from his family (especially his grandfather M. Gillenormand) because of his liberal views. After the death of his father Colonel Georges Pontmercy, Marius discovers a note from him instructing his son to provide help to a sergeant named Thénardier who saved Pontmercy's life at Waterloo – in reality Thénardier was looting corpses and only saved Pontmercy's life by accident; he had called himself a sergeant under Napoleon to avoid exposing himself as a robber.

At the Luxembourg Gardens, Marius falls in love with the now grown and beautiful Cosette. The Thénardiers have also moved to Paris and now live in poverty after losing their inn. They live under the surname "Jondrette" at Gorbeau House (coincidentally, the same building Valjean and Cosette briefly lived in after leaving the Thénardiers' inn). Marius lives there as well, next door to the Thénardiers.

Éponine, now ragged and emaciated, visits Marius at his apartment to beg for money. To impress him, she tries to prove her literacy by reading aloud from a book and by writing "The Cops Are Here" on a sheet of paper. Marius pities her and gives her some money. After Éponine leaves, Marius observes the "Jondrettes" in their apartment through a crack in the wall. Éponine comes in and announces that a philanthropist and his daughter are arriving to visit them. In order to look poorer, Thénardier puts out the fire and breaks a chair. He also orders Azelma to punch out a window pane, which she does, resulting in cutting her hand (as Thénardier had hoped).

The philanthropist and his daughter enter—actually Valjean and Cosette. Marius immediately recognizes Cosette. After seeing them, Valjean promises them he will return with rent money for them. After he and Cosette leave, Marius asks Éponine to retrieve her address for him. Éponine, who is in love with Marius herself, reluctantly agrees to do so. The Thénardiers have also recognized Valjean and Cosette, and vow their revenge. Thénardier enlists the aid of the Patron-Minette, a well-known and feared gang of murderers and robbers.

Marius overhears Thénardier's plan and goes to Javert to report the crime. Javert gives Marius two pistols and instructs him to fire one into the air if things get dangerous. Marius returns home and waits for Javert and the police to arrive. Thénardier sends Éponine and Azelma outside to look out for the police. When Valjean returns with rent money, Thénardier, with Patron-Minette, ambushes him and he reveals his real identity to Valjean. Marius recognizes Thénardier as the man who "saved" his father's life at Waterloo and is caught in a dilemma.

He tries to find a way to save Valjean while not betraying Thénardier. Valjean denies knowing Thénardier and tells him that they have never met. Valjean tries to escape through a window but is subdued and tied up. Thénardier orders Valjean to pay him 200,000 francs. He also orders Valjean to write a letter to Cosette to return to the apartment, and they would keep her with them until he delivers the money. After Valjean writes the letter and informs Thénardier of his address, Thénardier sends out Mme. Thénardier to get Cosette. Mme. Thénardier comes back alone, and announces the address is a fake.

It is during this time that Valjean manages to free himself. Thénardier decides to kill Valjean. While he and Patron-Minette are about to do so, Marius remembers the scrap of paper that Éponine wrote on earlier. He throws it into the Thénardiers' apartment through the wall crack. Thénardier reads it and thinks Éponine threw it inside. He, Mme. Thénardier and Patron-Minette try to escape, only to be stopped by Javert.

He arrests all the Thénardiers and Patron-Minette (except Claquesous, who escapes during his transportation to prison; Montparnasse, who stops to run off with Éponine instead of joining in on the robbery; and Gavroche, who was not present and rarely participates in his family's crimes, a notable exception being his part in breaking his father out of prison). Valjean manages to escape the scene before Javert sees him.

After Éponine's release from prison, she finds Marius at "The Field of the Lark" and sadly tells him that she found Cosette's address. She leads him to Valjean's and Cosette's house on Rue Plumet, and Marius watches the house for a few days. He and Cosette then finally meet and declare their love for one another. Thénardier, Patron-Minette and Brujon manage to escape from prison with the aid of Gavroche. One night, during one of Marius's visits with Cosette, the six men attempt to raid Valjean's and Cosette's house. However, Éponine, who has been sitting by the gates of the house, threatens to scream and awaken the whole neighbourhood if the thieves do not leave. Hearing this, they reluctantly retire. Meanwhile, Cosette informs Marius that she and Valjean will be leaving for England in a week's time, which greatly troubles the pair.

The next day, Valjean is sitting in the Champ de Mars. He is feeling troubled about seeing Thénardier in the neighbourhood several times. Unexpectedly, a note lands in his lap, which says "Move Out." He sees a figure running away in the dim light. He goes back to his house, tells Cosette they will be staying at their other house on Rue de l'Homme Arme, and reconfirms to her that they will be moving to England. Marius tries to get permission from M. Gillenormand to marry Cosette. His grandfather seems stern and angry, but has been longing for Marius's return. When tempers flare, he refuses his assent to the marriage, telling Marius to make Cosette his mistress instead. Insulted, Marius leaves.

The following day, the students revolt and erect barricades in the narrow streets of Paris. Gavroche spots Javert and informs Enjolras that Javert is a spy. When Enjolras confronts him about this, he admits his identity and his orders to spy on the students. Enjolras and the other students tie him up to a pole in the Corinth restaurant. Later that evening, Marius goes back to Valjean's and Cosette's house on Rue Plumet, but finds the house no longer occupied. He then hears a voice telling him that his friends are waiting for him at the barricade. Distraught to find Cosette gone, he heeds the voice and goes.

When Marius arrives at the barricade, the "revolution" has already started. When he stoops down to pick up a powder keg, a soldier comes up to shoot Marius. However a man covers the muzzle of the soldier's gun with his hand. The soldier fires, fatally shooting the man, while missing Marius. Meanwhile, the soldiers are closing in. Marius climbs to the top of the barricade, holding a torch in one hand, a powder keg in the other, and threatens to the soldiers that he will blow up the barricade. After confirming this, the soldiers retreat from the barricade.

Marius decides to go to the smaller barricade, which he finds empty. As he turns back, the man who took the fatal shot for Marius earlier calls Marius by his name. Marius discovers this man is Éponine, dressed in men's clothes. As she lies dying on his knees, she confesses that she was the one who told him to go to the barricade, hoping they would die together. She also confesses to saving his life because she wanted to die before he did.

The author also states to the reader that Éponine anonymously threw the note to Valjean. Éponine then tells Marius that she has a letter for him. She also confesses to have obtained the letter the day before, originally not planning to give it to him, but decides to do so in fear he would be angry at her about it in the afterlife. After Marius takes the letter, Éponine then asks him to kiss her on the forehead when she is dead, which he promises to do. With her last breath, she confesses that she was "a little bit in love" with him, and dies.

Marius fulfills her request and goes into a tavern to read the letter. It is written by Cosette. He learns Cosette's whereabouts and he writes a farewell letter to her. He sends Gavroche to deliver it to her, but Gavroche leaves it with Valjean. Valjean, learning that Cosette's lover is fighting, is at first relieved, but an hour later, he puts on a National Guard uniform, arms himself with a gun and ammunition, and leaves his home.

Valjean arrives at the barricade and immediately saves a man's life. He is still not certain if he wants to protect Marius or kill him. Marius recognizes Valjean at first sight. Enjolras announces that they are almost out of cartridges. When Gavroche goes outside the barricade to collect more ammunition from the dead National Guardsmen, he is shot by the troops.

Valjean volunteers to execute Javert himself, and Enjolras grants permission. Valjean takes Javert out of sight, and then shoots into the air while letting him go. Marius mistakenly believes that Valjean has killed Javert. As the barricade falls, Valjean carries off the injured and unconscious Marius. All the other students are killed. Valjean escapes through the sewers, carrying Marius's body. He evades a police patrol, and reaches an exit gate but finds it locked. Thénardier emerges from the darkness. Valjean recognizes him, but his filthy appearance prevents Thénardier from recognizing him. Thinking Valjean a murderer lugging his victim's corpse, Thénardier offers to open the gate for money. As he searches Valjean and Marius's pockets, he surreptitiously tears off a piece of Marius's coat so he can later find out his identity. Thénardier takes the thirty francs he finds, opens the gate, and allows Valjean to leave, expecting Valjean's emergence from the sewer will distract the police who have been pursuing him.

Upon exiting, Valjean encounters Javert and requests time to return Marius to his family before surrendering to him. Javert agrees, assuming that Marius will be dead within minutes. After leaving Marius at his grandfather's house, Valjean asks to be allowed a brief visit to his own home, and Javert agrees. There, Javert tells Valjean he will wait for him in the street, but when Valjean scans the street from the landing window he finds Javert has gone. Javert walks down the street, realizing that he is caught between his strict belief in the law and the mercy Valjean has shown him. He feels he can no longer give Valjean up to the authorities but also cannot ignore his duty to the law. Unable to cope with this dilemma, Javert commits suicide by throwing himself into the Seine.

Marius slowly recovers from his injuries. As he and Cosette make wedding preparations, Valjean endows them with a fortune of nearly 600,000 francs. As their wedding party winds through Paris during Mardi Gras festivities, Valjean is spotted by Thénardier, who then orders Azelma to follow him. After the wedding, Valjean confesses to Marius that he is an ex-convict. Marius is horrified, assumes the worst about Valjean's moral character, and contrives to limit Valjean's time with Cosette. Valjean accedes to Marius' judgment and his separation from Cosette. Valjean loses the will to live and retires to his bed.

Thénardier approaches Marius in disguise, but Marius recognizes him. Thénardier attempts to blackmail Marius with what he knows of Valjean, but in doing so, he inadvertently corrects Marius's misconceptions about Valjean and reveals all of the good he has done. He tries to convince Marius that Valjean is actually a murderer, and presents the piece of coat he tore off as evidence. Stunned, Marius recognizes the fabric as part of his own coat and realizes that it was Valjean who rescued him from the barricade. Marius pulls out a fistful of notes and flings it at Thénardier's face. He then confronts Thénardier with his crimes and offers him an immense sum to depart and never return. Thénardier accepts the offer, and he and Azelma travel to America where he becomes a slave trader.

As they rush to Valjean's house, Marius tells Cosette that Valjean saved his life at the barricade. They arrive to find Valjean near death and reconcile with him. Valjean tells Cosette her mother's story and name. He dies content and is buried beneath a blank slab in Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Songs
Look down, look down, and see the beggars at your feet Look down and show some mercy if you can Look down and see The sweepings of the streets Look down, look down, Upon your fellow man!
 * Look Down, sung by Gavroche, Beggars, Enjolras, Marius,:
 * Beggars

Gavroche How do you do? My name's Gavroche These are my people, here's my patch Not much to look at, nothing posh Nothing that you'd call up to scratch This is my school, my high society Here in the slums of Saint Michele We live on crumbs of humble piety Tough on the teeth, but what the hell! Think you're poor? Think you're free? Follow me, follow me!

Beggars Look down, and show some mercy if you can Look down, look down, upon your fellow man

[An old beggar woman finds a young prostitute occupying her patch.]

Old Beggar Woman What you think yer at? Hanging round me pitch? If you're new around here, girl You've got a lot to learn

Young Prostitute Listen you old bat Crazy bloody witch 'Least I give my customers Some pleasure in return

Old Beggar Woman I know what you give! Give 'em all the pox! Spread around your poison Till they end up in a box

Pimp Leave the poor old cow, Move it, Madeleine She used to be no better Till the clap got to her brain

Beggars When's it gonna end? When we gonna live? Something's gotta happen now or Something's gonna give... It'll come, it'll come, it'll come It'll come, it'll come, it'll come

Enjolras Where the leaders of the land? Where are the swells who run this show?

Marius Only one man - and that's Lamarque Speaks for these people here below

Beggars See our children fed Help us in our shame Something for a crust of bread In Holy Jesus' name

Urchin In the Lord's Holy name.

Beggars In his name, in his name, in his name...

Marius Lamarque is ill and fading fast! Won't last the week out so they say

Enjolras With all the anger in the land How long before the judgement day? Before we cut the fat ones down to size? Before the barricades arise?

Gavroche Watch out for old Thenardier All of his family is on the make Once ran a hash-house down the way Bit of a swine and no mistake He's got a gang The bleeding layabout Even his daughter does her share That's Eponine, she knows her way about Only a kid, but hard to scare Do we care? Not a cuss! Long live us, long live us!

Beggars Look down, look down, and show some mercy if you can Look down, look down, upon your fellow man! Now bring me prisoner 24601 Your time is up And your parole's begun You know what that means
 * The Bishop, sung by Valjean, Javert, Bishop and Others:
 * ~Javert~

~Valjean~ Yes, it means I'm free

~Javert~ No It means you get Your yellow ticket-of-leave You are a thief

~Valjean~ I stole a loaf of bread!

~Javert~ You robbed a house!

~Valjean~ I broke a window pane! My sister's child was close to death And we were starving!

~Javert~ And you will starve again Unless you learn the meaning of the law.

~Valjean~ I know the meaning of these 19 years A slave of the law

~Javert~ Five years for what you did The rest because you tried to run Yes 24601

~Valjean~ My name is Jean Valjean

~Javert~ And I am Javert Do not forget my name Do not forget me 24601

~Choir~ Look down, look down You will always be a slave Look down, look down You're standing in your grave.

~Valjean~ Freedom is mine. The earth is still. I feel the wind. I breathe again. And the sky clears, the world is waiting. Drink from the pool. How clean the taste Never forget the years, the waste. Nor forgive them, for what they've done. They are the guilty, everyone. The day begins... And now lets see What this new world Will do for me!

[He finds work on a farm.]

~Employer~ You'll have to go I'll pay you off for the day Collect your bits and pieces there And be on your way.

~Valjean~ You've given me half What the other men get! This handful of tin Wouldn't buy my sweat!

~Laborer~ You broke the law It's there for people to see Why should you get the same As honest men like me?

~Javert~ Now I know how freedom feels The jail is always at your heels It is the law This piece of paper in my hand which bids me cast throughout the land It is the law Like a cur I walk the streets The dirt beneath their feet

~Bishop~ Come in sir for you are weary And the night is cold out there Though our lives are very humble What we have we have to share There is wine here to revive you There is bread to make you strong There's a bed to rest till morning Rest from pain and rest from wrong

~Valjean~ He let me eat my fill I had the lion's share The silver in my hand cost twice what I had earned He knows those nineteen years that lifetime of despair And yet he trusted me The old fool trusted me He'd done his bit of good I played the grateful serf and thanked him like I should But when the house was still I got up in the night Took the silver Took my flight!!

[Taking the silver cup, he runs off, but is brought back by two constables.]

~Constable 1~ Tell his reverence your story

~Constable 2~ Let us see if he's impressed

~Constable 1~ You were lodging there last night

~Constable 2~ You were the honest Bishop's guest.

~Constable 1~ And then, out of Christian goodness

~Constable 2~ When he learned about your plight

~Constable 1~ You maintain he made a present of this silver -

~Bishop~ That is right. But my friend you left so early Surely something slipped your mind

[The bishop gives Valjean two silver candlesticks.]

You forgot I gave these also Would you leave the best behind? So Messieurs you may release him For this man has spoken true I commend you for your duty May God's blessing go with you. But remember this, my brother See in this some higher plan You must use this precious silver To become an honest man By the witness of the martyrs By the Passion and the Blood God has raised you out of darkness I have saved your soul for God! Become a thief in the night? Become a dog on the run? Have I fallen so far and is the hour so late? That nothing remains but the cry of my hate? The cries in the dark that nobody hears? Here where I stand at the turning of the years
 * Valjean's Solioquy, sung by Valjean:
 * What have I done sweet Jesus? What have I done?

If there's another way to go, I missed it twenty long years ago My life was a war that could never be won They gave me a number, murdered Valjean When the chained me and left me for dead Just for stealing a mouthful of bread

Yet why did I allow that man, to touch my soul and teach me love? He treated me like any other He gave me his trust, he called me "brother" My life he claims for God above. Can such things be? For I had come to hate the world, this world that always hated me Take an eye for an eye, turn your heart into stone This is all I have lived for, this is all I have known

One word from him and I'd be back, beneath the lash upon the rack Instead he offers me my freedom I feel my shame inside me like a knife He told me that I had a soul. How does he know? What spirit comes to move my life? Is there another way to go?

I am reaching but I fall, and the night is closing in As I stare into the void, to the whirlpool of my sin I'll escape now from the world, from the world of Jean Valjean Jean Valjean is nothing now! Another story must begin!!! [Outside the factory owned by the Mayor,] [Monsieur Madeleine (Jean Valjean in disguise).]
 * At the End of the Day, sung by Valjean, Fantine, Workers:
 * [1823, Montreuil-sur-Mer.]

[THE POOR] At the end of the day you're another day older And that's all you can say for the life of the poor It's a struggle, it's a war And there's nothing that anyone's giving One more day standing about, what is it for? One day less to be living.

At the end of the day you're another day colder And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill And the righteous hurry past They don't hear the little ones crying And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill One day nearer to dying!

At the end of the day there's another day dawning And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise Like the waves crash on the sand Like a storm that'll break any second There's a hunger in the land There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and There's gonna be hell to pay At the end of the day!

[The foreman and workers, including Fantine, emerge from the factory]

[FOREMAN] At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread

[WORKER ONE] There are children back at home

[WORKERS ONE AND TWO] And the children have got to be fed

[WORKER TWO] And you're lucky to be in a job

[WOMAN] And in a bed!

[WORKERS] And we're counting our blessings!

[WOMAN TWO] Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today? With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?

[WOMAN THREE] It's because little Fantine won't give him his way

[WOMAN ONE] Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands!

[WOMAN FOUR] And the boss, he never knows That the foreman is always in heat

[WOMAN THREE] If Fantine doesn't look out Watch how she goes She'll be out on the street!

[WORKERS] At the end of the day it's another day over With enough in your pocket to last for a week Pay the landlord, pay the shop Keep on grafting as long as you're able Keep on grafting till you drop Or it's back to the crumbs off the table You've got to pay your way At the end of the day!

[GIRL (Grabbing a letter from Fantine)] And what have we here, little innocent sister? Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!

[Reading the letter]

Ooh..."Dear Fantine you must send us more money... Your child needs a doctor... There's no time to lose..."

[FANTINE] Give that letter to me It is none of your business With a husband at home And a bit on the side! Is there anyone here Who can swear before God She has nothing to fear? She has nothing to hide?

[They fight over the letter. Valjean (M. Madeleine) rushes on to break up the squabble.]

[VALJEAN] Will someone tear these two apart What is this fighting all about? This is a factory, not a circus! Now, come on ladies, settle down I run a business of repute I am the Mayor of this town

[To the foreman] I look to you to sort this out And be as patient as you can-

[He goes back into the factory]

[FOREMAN] Now someone say how this began!

[GIRL] At the end of the day She's the one who began it! There's a kid that she's hiding In some little town There's a man she has to pay You can guess how she picks up the extra You can bet she's earning her keep Sleeping around And the boss wouldn't like it!

[FANTINE] Yes it's true there's a child And the child is my daughter And her father abandoned us Leaving us flat Now she lives with an innkeeper man And his wife And I pay for the child What's the matter with that?

[WOMEN] At the end of the day She'll be nothing but trouble And there's trouble for all When there's trouble for one! While we're earning our daily bread She's the one with her hands in the butter You must send the slut away Or we're all gonna end in the gutter And it's us who'll have to pay At the end of the day!

[FOREMAN] I might have known the woman could bite I might have known the cat had claws I might have guessed your little secret Ah yes, the virtuous Fantine Who keeps herself so pure and clean You'd be the cause I had no doubt Of any trouble hereabout You play a virgin in the light But need no urgin' in the night.

[GIRL] She's been laughing at you While she's having her men

[WOMEN] She'll be nothing but trouble again and again

[WOMAN] You must sack her today

[WORKERS] Sack the girl today!

[FOREMAN] Right my girl. On your way!
 * I Dreamed a Dream, sung by Fantine:
 * [Fantine is left alone, unemployed and destitute]

[FANTINE] There was a time when men were kind When their voices were soft And their words inviting There was a time when love was blind And the world was a song And the song was exciting There was a time Then it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in time gone by When hope was high And life worth living I dreamed that love would never die I dreamed that God would be forgiving Then I was young and unafraid And dreams were made and used and wasted There was no ransom to be paid No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night With their voices soft as thunder As they tear your hope apart As they turn your dream to shame

He slept a summer by my side He filled my days with endless wonder He took my childhood in his stride But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream he'll come to me That we will live the years together But there are dreams that cannot be And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I'm living So different now from what it seemed Now life has killed the dream I dreamed. Valjean, at last, We see each other plain `M'sieur le Mayor,' You'll wear a different chain! Before you say another word, Javert Before you chain me up like a slave again Listen to me! There is something I must do. This woman leaves behind a suffering child. There is none but me who can intercede, In Mercy's name, three days are all I need. Then I'll return, I pledge my word. Then I'll return... You must think me mad! I've hunted you across the years A man like you can never change A man such as you. Believe of me what you will There is a duty that I'm sworn to do You know nothing of my life All I did was steal some bread You know nothing of the world You would sooner see me dead But not before I see this justice done I am warning you Javert I'm a stronger man by far There is power in me yet My race is not yet run I am warning you Javert There is nothing I won't dare If I have to kill you here I'll do what must be done! Men like me can never change Men like you can never change No, 24601 My duty's to the law - you have no Rights Come with me 24601 Now the wheel has turned around Jean Valjean is nothing now Dare you talk to me of crime And the price you had to pay Every man is born in sin Every man must choose his way You know nothing of Javert I was born inside a jail I was born with scum like you I am from the gutter too! [to Fantine] And this I swear to you tonight [to Valjean] There is no place for you to hide Your child will live within my care Wherever you may hide away And I will raise her to the light. I swear to you, I will be there! I like to go there in my sleep, Aren't any floors for me to sweep, Not in my castle on a cloud.
 * The Confrontation, sung by Valjean and Javert:
 * [JAVERT]
 * [VALJEAN]
 * [JAVERT]
 * [VALJEAN (in counterpoint)]
 * [JAVERT (in counterpoint)]
 * [Valjean breaks a chair and threatens Javert with the broken piece. Turns to Fantine]
 * [VALJEAN]
 * [JAVERT]
 * [VALJEAN]
 * [JAVERT]
 * [VALJEAN]
 * [VALJEAN AND JAVERT]
 * [They fight, Javert is knocked out. Valjean escapes]
 * Castle on a Cloud, sung by Young Cosette:
 * There is a castle on a cloud,

There is a lady all in white, Holds me and sings a lullaby, She's nice to see and she's soft to touch, She says "Cosette, I love you very much."

I know a place where no one's lost, I know a place where no one cries, Crying at all is not allowed, Not in my castle on a cloud. Sit yourself down And meet the bestInnkeeper in town As for the rest All of them crooks Rooking the guests And cooking the books Seldom do you see Honest men like me A gent of good intent Who´s content to be
 * Master of the House, sung by Thenadiers:
 * Welcome M´sier

Master of the House Solding out the charm Ready with a handshake And an open palm Tells a saucy tale Makes a little stir Customers appreciate a bon viveur! Glad to do my friends a favour Doesn´t cost me to be nice But nothing gets you nothingEv´rything has got a little price

Master of the House Keeper of the zoo Ready relieve them of a sou, or two Watering the wine making up the weight Picking up their knick-knacks When they can´t see strainght Everybody loves a landlord Everybody´s bosom friend I do whatever pleases Jesus don´t I bleed them in the end!

Master of the House Quick to catch yer eye Never wants a passer by To pass him by Servant to the poor Butler to the great Comforter, philosopher And lifelong mate Everybody´s boon companion Everybody´s chaperone But look up your valises Jesus! Won´t I skin yer to the bone!

Enter M´sieur Lay down yer load Unlace yer boots And rest from the road This weighs a ton Travel´s a curse But here we strive To lighten your purse Here the goose is cooked Here the fat is friend And nothing´s overlooked Till I´m satisfied

Food beyond compare Food beyond belief Mix it in a mincer And pretend it´s beef Kidney of a horse Liver of a cat Filling up the sausages With this and that

Residents are more than welcome Bridal suite is ocupied Reasonable chargesPlus some little extra on the side Charge them for the nice Extra for the mice Two per cent for looking in the mirror twice Here a little sluce There a litlle cut Three per cent for sleeping with the window shut When it comes to fixing prices There are lots of tricks to know How it all increases All them bits and pieces Jesus! It´s amazing how it grows

Master of the House Quick to catch yer eye Never wants a passer by To pass him by Servant to the poor Buttler to the great Comforter, philosopher And lifelong mate Everybody´s boon companion Gives them everything he´s got Dirty bunch of greezers Jesus! What a sorry little lot!

Bring ihn heim

Herr mein Gott, Hör mein Fleh´n Steh mir bei, Laß kein Unrecht gescheh´n. Er ist jung, Laß ihn zieh´n. Hilf ihm auf, Segne ihn. Bring ihn heim. Bring ihn heim. Bring ihn heim.

Er rührt mich wie mein eigner Sohn, Hätt Gott mir einen Sohn gewährt. Die Sommer flieh´n, Unbeschwert Verfliegen sie Um mich her, Und ich bin alt Und bleib nicht mehr.

Laß ihn blüh´n, Liebesblind. Segne ihn, Er ist fast noch ein Kind. Herr, du nimmst, Herr, du gibst, Doch du schützt Die du liebst. Meinen Leib geb´ich hin, Laß ihn zieh´n, bring ihn heim, Bring ihn heim, Bring ihn heim.

Bring him home

God on high, hear my prayer.In my need You have always been there. He is young.He´s afraid. Let him rest. Heaven blessed. Bring him home Bring him home

Bring him peace Bring him joy He is young He is only a boy You can take You can give Let him beLet him live If I die Let me die Let him home.

He´s like the son I might have known If God had granted me a son. The summer die,One by one. How soon they fly, On and on. And I am old And will be gone

Bring him live Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home. Suddenly it starts When two anxious hearts Beat as one. Yesterday I was alone Today you walk beside me Something still unclear Something not yet here Has begun. Suddenly the world Seems a different place Somehow full of grace And delight. How was I to know That so much love Was held inside me? Something fresh and young Something still unsung Fills the night. How was I to know at last That happiness can come so fast? Trusting me the way you do I’m so afraid of failing you Just a child who cannot know That danger follows where I go There are shadows everywhere And memories I cannot share Nevermore alone Nevermore apart You have warmed my heart Like the sun. You have brought the gift of life And love so long denied me. Suddenly I see What I could not see Something suddenly Has begun. There, out in the darkness A fugitive running Fallen from god Fallen from grace God be my witness I never shall yield Till we come face to face Till we come face to face
 * Suddenly, sung by Jean Valjean:
 * Suddenly I see
 * Stars, sung by Javert and Gavorche:
 * JAVERT

He knows his way in the dark Mine is the way of the Lord And those who follow the path of the righteous Shall have their reward And if they fall As Lucifer fell The flame The sword!

Stars In your multitudes Scarce to be counted Filling the darkness With order and light You are the sentinels Silent and sure Keeping watch in the night Keeping watch in the night

You know your place in the sky You hold your course and your aim And each in your season Returns and returns And is always the same And if you fall as Lucifer fell You fall in flame!

And so it has been and so it is written On the doorway to paradise That those who falter and those who fall Must pay the price!

Lord let me find him That I may see him Safe behind bars I will never rest Till then This I swear This I swear by the stars!

GAVROCHE That inspector thinks he's something But it's me who runs this town! And my theater never closes And the curtain's never down Trust Gavroche, have no fear Don't you worry, auntie dear, You can always find me here!
 * ABC Cafe/Red and Black, sung by Enjolras, Marius and Students:
 * (The ABC Cafe, where the students, led by Enjolras, meet to discuss their revolutionary plans)

COMBEFERRE At Notre Dame the sections are prepared!

FEUILLY At rue de Bac they're straining at the leash!

COURFEYRAC Students, workers, everyone There's a river on the run Like the flowing of the tide Paris coming to our side!

ENJORAS The time is near So near it's stirring the blood in their veins! And yet beware Don't let the wine go to your brains! For the army we fight is a dangerous foe With the men and the arms that we never can match It is easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies But the national guard will be harder to catch. We need a sign To rally the people To call them to arms To bring them in line!

(Marius enters)

Marius, you're late.

JOLY Marius what's wrong with you today? You look as if you've seen a ghost.

GRANTAIRE Some wine and say what's going on!

MARIUS A ghost you say... a ghost maybe She was just like a ghost to me One minute there, and she was gone!

GRANTAIRE I am agog! I am aghast! Is Marius in love at last? I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah' You talk of battles to be won And here he comes like Don Ju-an It's better than an o-per-a!

ENJOLRAS It is time for us all To decide who we are Do we fight for the right To a night at the opera now? Have you asked of yourselves What's the price you might pay? Is it simply a game For rich young boys to play? The color of the world Is changing day by day...

Red - the blood of angry men! Black - the dark of ages past! Red - a world about to dawn! Black - the night that ends at last!

MARIUS Had you been there tonight You might know how it feels To be struck to the bone In a moment of breathless delight! Had you been there tonight You might also have known How the world may be changed In just one burst of light! And what was right seems wrong And what was wrong seems right!

GRANTAIRE Red...

MARIUS I feel my soul on fire!

GRANTAIRE Black...

MARIUS My world if she's not there!

ALL Red...

MARIUS The color of desire!

ALL Black...

MARIUS The color of despair!

ENJOLRAS Marius, you're no longer a child I do not doubt you mean it well But now there is a higher call. Who cares about your lonely soul? We strive toward a larger goal Our little lives don't count at all!

ALL Red - the blood of angry men! Black - the dark of ages past! Red - a world about to dawn! Black - the night that ends at last!

ENJOLRAS Well, Courfeyrac, do we have all the guns? Feuilly, Combeferre, our time is running short. Grantaire, put the bottle down! Do we have the guns we need?

GRANTAIRE Give me brandy on my breath And I'll breathe them all to death!

COURFEYRAC In St. Antoine they're with us to a man!

COMBEFERRE In Notre Dame they're tearing up the stones!

FEUILLY Twenty rifles good as new!

(Gavroche rushes in shouting)

GAVROCHE Listen!

JOLY Twenty rounds for every man!

GAVROCHE Listen to me!

JEAN PROUVAIRE Double that in Port St. Cloud!

GAVROCHE Listen everybody!

LESGLES Seven guns in St. Martin!

GAVROCHE General Lamarque is dead!

ENJOLRAS Lamarque is dead. Lamarque! His death is the hour of fate. The people's man. His death is the sign we await!

On his funeral day they will honor his name. It's a rallying cry that will reach every ear! In the death of Lamarque we will kindle the flame They will see that the day of salvation is near! The time is near! Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts But a jubilant shout They will come one and all They will come when we call! (Cosette stands in her garden on Rue Plumet)
 * In My Life/A Heart Full of Love, sung by Valjean, Cosette, Marius and Eponine:
 * IN MY LIFE

COSETTE How strange This feeling that my life's begun at last This change, Can people really fall in love so fast? What's the matter with you, Cosette? Have you been too much on your own? So many things unclear So many things unknown.

In my life There are so many questions and answers That somehow seem wrong In my life There are times when I catch in the silence The sigh of a faraway song And it sings Of a world that I long to see Out of reach Just a whisper away Waiting for me.

Does he know I'm alive? Do I know if he's real? Does he see what I saw? Does he feel what I feel?

In my life I'm no longer alone Now the love in my life Is so near Find me now, find me here!

VALJEAN Dear Cosette, You're such a lonely child How pensive, how sad you seem to me Believe me, were it within my power I'd fill each passing hour How quiet it must be, I can see With only me for company.

COSETTE There's so little I know That I'm longing to know Of the child that I was In a time long ago... There's so little you say Of the life you have known Why you keep to yourself Why we're always alone So dark! So dark and deep... The secrets that you keep!

In my life I have all that I want You are loving and gentle and good But Papa, dear Papa, In your eyes I am just like a child Who is lost in a wood

VALJEAN No more words No more words. It's a time that is dead There are words That are better unheard, Better unsaid.

COSETTE In my life I'm no longer a child and I yearn For the truth that you know Of the years... years ago!

VALJEAN You will learn Truth is given by God To us all in our time In our turn

(Valjean leaves the garden. Marius and Eponine arrive outside)

MARIUS In my life She has burst like the music of angels The light of the sun And my life seems to stop As if something is over And something has scarcely begun. Eponine You're the friend who has brought me here Thanks to you I am one with the gods And Heaven is near! And I soar through a world that is new that is free

EPONINE(to herself) Every word that he says is a dagger in me! In my life There's been no one like him anywhere Anywhere, where he is... If he asked... I'd be his

MARIUS & EPONINE In my life There is someone who touches my life

MARIUS Waiting near

EPONINE Waiting here

A Heart Full of Love

(Marius goes into the garden, leaving Eponine outside the gate)

MARIUS A heart full of love A heart full of song I'm doing everything all wrong Oh God, for shame I do not even know your name Dear Mad'moiselle Won't you say? Will you tell?

COSETTE A heart full of love No fear, no regret

M,ARIUS My name is Marius Pontmercy

COSETTE And mine's Cosette

MARIUS Cosette, I don't know what to say

COSETTE Then make no sound

MARIUS I am lost

COSETTE I am found!

MARIUS A heart full of light

COSETTE A night bright as day

MARIUS And you must never go away Cosette, Cosette

COSETTE This is a chain we'll never break

MARIUS Do I dream?

COSETTE I'm awake!

MARIUS A heart full of love

COSETTE A heart full of you

MARIUS A single look and then I knew

COSETTE I knew it too

MARIUS From today

COSETTE Every day

COSETTE & MARIUS For it isn't a dream Not a dream after all.

EPONINE(Interjecting) He was never mine to lose Why regret what cannot be? These are words he'll never say Not to me... Not to me... Not to me...

His heart full of love He will never feel this way...

(Marius and Cosette move away as Montparnasse enters furtively)

==== A HEART FULL OF LOVE (Time has passed. Suggest Marius convalescing, encouraged by Cosette who takes his arm as he walks with firmer step)

COSETTE Every day You walk with stronger step You walk with longer step- `The worst is over.'

MARIUS Every day I wonder every day Who was it brought me here From the barricade?

COSETTE Don't think about it, Marius! With all the years ahead of us! I will never go away And we will be together Every day. Every day, We'll remember that night And the vow that we made:

A heart full of love A night full of you The words are old But always true. Oh, God, for shame You did not even know my name!

MARIUS Dear Mad'moiselle I was lost in your spell.

(Valjean enters, unnoticed)

COSETTE A heart full of love No fear no regret `My name is Marius Pontmercy'

MARIUS Cosette, Cosette!

COSETTE I saw you waiting and I knew.

MARIUS Waiting for you At your feet

COSETTE At your call

BOTH And it wasn't a dream Not a dream after all

VALJEAN(interjecting, to himself) She was never mine to keep. She is youthful, she is free. Love is the garden of the young Let it be... let it be... A heart full of love This I give you on this day.

(They notice Valjean)

MARIUS M'sieur, this is a day I can never forget. Is gratitude enough For giving me Cosette? Your home shall be with us And not a day shall pass But we will prove our love To you, whom we shall call A father to us both A father to us all.

(Cosette leaves) And now I'm all alone again Nowhere to turn, no one to go to Without a home, without a friend, Without a face to say hello to. And now the night is near Now I can make believe he's here.
 * On My Own, sung by Eponine:
 * EPONINE

Sometimes I walk alone at night When everybody else is sleeping I think of him and then I'm happy With the company I'm keeping The city goes to bed And I can live inside my head.

On my own Pretending he's beside me All alone, I walk with him till morning Without him I feel his arms around me And when I lose my way I close my eyes And he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me for ever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind That I'm talking to myself and not to him And although I know that he is blind Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him But when the night is over He is gone, the river's just a river Without him the world around me changes The trees are bare and everywhere The streets are full of strangers

I love him But every day I'm learning All my life I've only been pretending Without me his world will go on turning A world that's full of happiness That I have never known!

I love him I love him I love him But only on my own. One day more! Another day, another destiny. This never-ending road to Calvary; These men who seem to know my crime Will surely come a second time. One day more!
 * One Day More, sung by Valjean, Marius, Cosette, Eponine, Enjolras, Javert and the Thenadiers:
 * VALJEAN

MARIUS I did not live until today. How can I live when we are parted?

VALJEAN One day more.

MARIUS & COSETTE Tomorrow you'll be worlds away And yet with you, my world has started!

EPONINE One more day all on my own.

MARIUS & COSETTE Will we ever meet again?

EPONINE One more day with him not caring.

MARIUS & COSETTE I was born to be with you.

EPONINE What a life I might have known.

MARIUS & COSETTE And I swear I will be true!

EPONINE But he never saw me there!

ENJOLRAS One more day before the storm!

MARIUS Do I follow where she goes?

ENJOLRAS At the barricades of freedom.

MARIUS Shall I join my brothers there?

ENJOLRAS When our ranks begin to form

MARIUS Do I stay; and do I dare?

ENJOLRAS Will you take your place with me?

ALL The time is now, the day is here!

VALJEAN One day more!

JAVERT One more day to revolution, We will nip it in the bud! I will join these little schoolboys They will wet themselves with blood!

VALJEAN One day more!

M. & MME. THENARDIER Watch 'em run amuck, Catch 'em as they fall, Never know your luck When there's a free for all, Here a little `dip' There a little `touch' Most of them are goners So they won't miss much!

Students (2 Groups) 1: One day to a new beginning

2: Raise the flag of freedom high!

1: Every man will be a king

2: Every man will be a king

1: There's a new world for the winning

2: There's a new world to be won

ALL Do you hear the people sing?

MARIUS My place is here, I fight with you!

VALJEAN One day more!

MARIUS & COSETTE I did not live until today.

EPONINE One more day all on my own!

MARIUS & COSETTE How can I live when we are parted?

JAVERT(overlapping) I will join these people's heros I will follow where they go I will learn their little Secrets, I will know the things they know.

VALJEAN One day more!

MARIUS & COSETTE Tomorrow you'll be worlds away

EPONINE What a life I might have known!

MARIUS & COSETTE And yet with you my world has started

JAVERT(overlapping) One more day to revolution We will nip it in the bud We'll be ready for these

Schoolboys

THENARDIERS(overlapping) Watch 'em run amok Catch 'em as they fall Never know your luck When there's a free-for-all!

VALJEAN Tomorrow we'll be far away, Tomorrow is the judgement day

ALL Tomorrow we'll discover What our God in Heaven has in store! One more dawn One more day One day more!
 * Drink with Me, sung by Marius and Gavorche:
 * (The defenders settle down for the night with wine and a song)

ENJOLRAS Marius, rest.

FEUILLY Drink with me to days gone by Sing with me the songs we knew

PROUVAIRE Here's to pretty girls who went to our heads.

JOLY Here's to witty girls who went to our beds.

ALL Here's to them and here's to you!

GRANTAIRE Drink with me to days gone by Can it be you fear to die? Will the world remember you When you fall? Could it be your death Means nothing at all? Is your life just one more lie?

ALL Drink with me to days gone by To the life that used to be

WOMEN At the shrine of friendship, never stay dark

MEN Let the wine of friendship never run dry

ALL Here's to you and here's to me

MARIUS Do I care if I should die Now she goes across the sea? Life without Cosette Means nothing at all. Would you weep, Cosette, Should Marius fall? Will you weep, Cosette, For me?

(Marius settles down to sleep)
 * Bring Him Home, sung by Jean Valjean:
 * (Valjean is standing over Marius at the barricade)

VALJEAN God on high Hear my prayer In my need You have always been there

He is young He's afraid Let him rest Heaven blessed. Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home.

He's like the son I might have known If God had granted me a son. The summers die One by one How soon they fly On and on And I am old And will be gone.

Bring him peace Bring him joy He is young He is only a boy

You can take You can give Let him be Let him live If I die, let me die Let him live Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home. You at the barricade listen to this The people of Paris sleep in their beds You have no chance No chance at all Why throw your lives away?
 * The Final Battle, sung by Enjolras and Combeferre:
 * ARMY OFFICER(with loud hailer)

ENJOLRAS Let us die facing our foes Make them bleed while we can

COMBEFERRE Make 'em pay through the nose

COURFEYRAC Make 'em pay for every man!

ENJOLRAS Let others rise To take our place Until the earth is free!

Increasingly heavy gunfire. MARIUS is shot.

Enjolras is killed at the summit of the barricade.

All on the barricade are killed, except MARIUS, who is wounded and unconscious, and Valjean.

Valjean discovers that Marius is still alive and carries him down into the sewers to escape.

Javert climbs over the barricade looking for Valjean's body. Failing to find it, he realizes that Valjean must be in the sewers, so he goes off to where he must emerge.
 * Javert's Suicide, sung by Javert:
 * (Javert walks the deserted streets until he comes to a bridge over the river Seine)

JAVERT Who is this man? What sort of devil is he To have me caught in a trap And choose to let me go free? It was his hour at last To put a seal on my fate Wipe out the past And wash me clean off the slate! All it would take Was a flick of his knife. Vengeance was his And he gave me back my life!

If I'll live in the debt of a thief! If I'll yield at the end of the chase. I am the Law and the Law is not mocked I'll spit his pity right back in his face There is nothing on earth that we share It is either Valjean or Javert!

How can I now allow this man To hold dominion over me? This desperate man whom I have hunted He gave me my life. He gave me freedom. I should have perished by his hand It was his right. It was my right to die as well Instead I live... but live in hell.

And my thoughts fly apart Can this man be believed? Shall his sins be forgiven? Shall his crimes be reprieved?

And must I now begin to doubt, Who never doubted all these years? My heart is stone and still it trembles The world I have known is lost in shadow. Is he from heaven or from hell? And does he know That granting me my life today This man has killed me even so?

I am reaching, but I fall And the stars are black and cold As I stare into the void Of a world that cannot hold I'll escape now from the world From the world of Jean Valjean. There is nowhere I can turn There is no way to go on....

(He throws himself into the swollen river)
 * Empy Chairs at Empty Tables, sung by Marius:
 * (Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he is back at the ABC cafe)

MARIUS There's a grief that can't be spoken. There's a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone.

Here they talked of revolution. Here it was they lit the flame. Here they sang about `tomorrow' And tomorrow never came.

From the table in the corner They could see a world reborn And they rose with voices ringing I can hear them now! The very words that they had sung Became their last communion On the lonely barricade at dawn.

Oh my friends, my friends forgive me

(The ghosts of those who died on the barricade appear)

That I live and you are gone. There's a grief that can't be spoken. There's a pain goes on and on.

Phantom faces at the window. Phantom shadows on the floor. Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will meet no more.

(The ghosts fade away)

Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me What your sacrifice was for Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will meet no more Now you are here Again beside me Now I can die in peace For now my life is best
 * Epilogue, sung by Jean Valjean, Eponine, Fantine, Cosette and Cast:
 * Valjean:

Cosette: You will live, Papa you're going to live! It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye

Valjean: Yes Cosette, forbid me now to die I'll obey, I will try On this page, I write my last confession Read it well, for I at last am sleeping It's a story of those who always loved you Your mother gave her life for you then gave you to my keeping

Fantine: Come with me Where chains will never bind you All your grief at last at last behind you Lord in heaven, look down on him in mercy!

Valjean: Forgive me all my trustpasses and take me to your glory

Eponine & Fantine: Take my hand, and lead me to salvation Take my love, for love is everlasting And remember the truth that once was spoken (Valjean joins) To love another person is to see the face of God!

Chrous: Do you hear the people sing? Lost in te valley of the night It is the music of a people who are climbing to the light For the wretched of the earth there is a flame that never dies Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. They will live again in freedom in the garden of the Lord They will walk behind the ploughshed, the will put away the sword. The chain will be broken and all men will have their reward! Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the baricade is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing? Say do you hear the distant drums It is the future that they bring when tomorrow comes Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the baricade is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing? Say do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring when tomorrow comes! (singing chords) Tomorrow comes!!!