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•Victor-MarieHugo(February26,1802–May22,1885)wasaFrenchpoet,playwright,novelist,essayist,visualartist,statesman,humanrightsactivistandperhapsthemostinfluentialexponentoftheRomanticmovementinFrance.HeissometimesidentifiedasthegreatestFrenchpoet.OutsideFrance,hisbest-knownworksarethenovelsLesMisérablesandNotre-DamedeParis.•RanARang•theprisoner.•Javert•thepoliceman.•Cosette•Fantine’sdaughter.•Marius•Cosette’slover•Fantine•awomancheatedbyadissolutemanage.•RanARang’sConvictedforstealingaloafofbread,heispunishedinprisonfornineteenyears.Rejectedasformerconvict,BishopMyrielturnshislifearound.Heassumesanewidentitytopursueanhonestlife,becomesafactoryownerandamayor.HeadoptsandraisesFantine'sdaughter,Cosette,anddiesatanoldage.•Javert•Anobsessivepoliceinspectorwhocontinuouslyhunts,tracksdown,andlosesRanARang.Hegoesundercoverbehindthebarricade,butisunmasked.RanARanghasthechancetokillJavert,butletshimgo.LaterJavertallowsRanARangtoescape.Forthefirsttime,Javertisinasituationinwhichtoactlawfullyisimmoral.HisinnerconflictleadshimtojumpingintotheRiverSeine.•FantineAbeautifulgirlabandonedbyherlover,sheleavesherdaughterCosetteinthecareoftheThénardiers,inMontfermeil.ShefindsworkatthefactoryrunnedbyRanARang,butisfiredbyawomanbecausesheisanunmarriedmother.TomeetthedemandsformoneyfromtheThénardiers,shesellsherhair,thenherfrontteeth,andfinallyturnstoprostitution.RanARanglearnsofhersituationwhenJavertarrestsher.ShediesbeforeRanARangisabletoreuniteherwithCosette.CosetteThedaughterofFantine,sheisraisedbyRanARangafterhermotherdies.•Forthefirstfewyearssheisraised,sheisusedasaworkerandbeatenbytheThénardiers.ShefallsinlovewithMariusPontmercy,andmarrieshimattheendofthenovel.ThethemeThisstorytellsusaboutkind.Hugohopesthesocietybecomesclearandhuman.SohisplotbasesonRanARang—amiserableman.Thenhetellthestoryaboutthepoorwoman—Fantine,nextisCosette.Allthesestorieshasthecomments,thatisthemiserablelifebecauseofthepersecutionoftheupperclass.Infacts,Hugowasragingofthepresentsociety.