Jean Valjean escapes the galleys by stealing a bishop's silverware and then lying about the bishop giving him the items. The bishop covers for Valjean and tells the authorities that he did in fact gift Valjean the silverware, allowing him to escape punishment and start a new life.
He doesn't escape, He is sent to the galleys for stealing bread, which earns him 5 years. He tries a couple of times to run away earning him a total of 19 years, which he serves fully earning him his yellow passport.
Valjean carried the wounded and unconscious Marius for miles through the city sewers to his home, which, obviously, was incredibly hard and selfless of him.
Jean Valjean was created in 1862.
Jean Valjean is released from prison in 1815.
The people in the quarter refer to Jean Valjean as "Monsieur Madeleine."
Valjean just loses the will to live.
The boy Jean Valjean stole money from was named Petit Gervais. He was a young orphan boy who showed kindness to Valjean by giving him a coin, but Valjean, in his desperate state, stole it from him.
In the play Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's family. He serves five years as a prisoner and an additional 14 years for multiple escape attempts.
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Sister Simplice lied to protect Jean Valjean because she believed in his goodness and wanted to help him escape capture by the authorities. She didn't want to see an innocent man punished for a crime he didn't commit, and she saw the opportunity to show compassion and mercy.
Monodrama Theater - 1952 Jean Valjean was released on: USA: 6 July 1953
Jean Valjean asked Javert for a brief period to retrieve Cosette before surrendering himself to the authorities.
In "Les Miserables," original sin refers to the idea that all humans are inherently flawed and sinful due to the wrongdoing of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. This concept is seen through the characters' struggles to overcome their past mistakes and find redemption, highlighting themes of forgiveness and redemption throughout the story.
Jean Valjean found lodging at the Bishop's house in Digne after being released from prison. The Bishop's act of kindness and compassion towards Valjean changes his life and sets him on a path towards redemption.