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1、LesMiserablesVOLUMEI.FANTINE.PREFACESolongasthereshallexist,byvirtueoflawandcustom,decreesofdamnationpronouncedbysociety,artificiallycreatinghellsamidthecivilizationofearth,andaddingtheelementofhumanfatetodivinedestiny;solongasthethreegreatproblemsofthecentury--thedegradationofmanthroughpaup
2、erism,thecorruptionofwomanthroughhunger,thecripplingofchildrenthroughlackoflight--areunsolved;solongassocialasphyxiaispossibleinanypartoftheworld;--inotherwords,andwithastillwidersignificance,solongasignoranceandpovertyexistonearth,booksofthenatureofLesMiserablescannotfailtobeofuse.HAUTEVILL
3、EHOUSE,1862.BOOKFIRST--AJUSTMANCHAPTERIM.MYRIELIn1815,M.Charles-Francois-BienvenuMyrielwasBishopofD----Hewasanoldmanofaboutseventy-fiveyearsofage;hehadoccupiedtheseeofD----since1806.Althoughthisdetailhasnoconnectionwhateverwiththerealsubstanceofwhatweareabouttorelate,itwillnotbesuperfluous,i
4、fmerelyforthesakeofexactnessinallpoints,tomentionherethevariousrumorsandremarkswhichhadbeenincirculationabouthimfromtheverymomentwhenhearrivedinthediocese.Trueorfalse,thatwhichissaidofmenoftenoccupiesasimportantaplaceintheirlives,andaboveallintheirdestinies,asthatwhichtheydo.M.Myrielwastheso
5、nofacouncilloroftheParliamentofAix;hencehebelongedtothenobilityofthebar.Itwassaidthathisfather,destininghimtobetheheirofhisownpost,hadmarriedhimataveryearlyage,eighteenortwenty,inaccordancewithacustomwhichisratherwidelyprevalentinparliamentaryfamilies.Inspiteofthismarriage,however,itwassaidt
6、hatCharlesMyrielcreatedagreatdealoftalk.Hewaswellformed,thoughrathershortinstature,elegant,graceful,intelligent;thewholeofthefirstportionofhislifehadbeendevotedtotheworldandtogallantry.TheRevolutioncame;eventssucceededeachotherwithprecipitation;theparliamentaryfamilies,decimated,pursued,hunt
7、eddown,weredispersed.M.CharlesMyrielemigratedtoItalyattheverybeginningoftheRevolution.Therehiswifediedofamaladyofthechest,fromwhichshehadlongsuffered.Hehadnochildren.WhattookplacenextinthefateofM.Myriel?TheruinoftheFrenchsocietyoftheoldendays,thefa
