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Chapter 1 some time after this, boulatruelle the convict from montfermeil who had attempted to follow valjean into the forest has taken up a job as a roadmender, largely abandoning his thefts. Chapter 1 the narrator describes 1831 and 1832 as two revolutionary mountains, crossed by social masses and even civilizations. Here hugo situates his own novel, a work of art, within the general historical march of progress, which paradoxically is both inevitable and has to be fought for. Pdf les contemplations book by victor hugo free download. The bourbon royal family, which had returned to france after napoleon, believed it still possessed divine right, rather than simply being a part. A nineteenthcentury novel is meant to be savored slowly, not rushed through to find out what happens next and chapter 1 of book iv is a good example of the pleasures it can offer a reader willing to linger. The first edition of the novel was published in 1856, and was written by victor hugo.