Jean Valjean was surviving -- just -- under a French patriarchy system that left him largely out in the cold. He had but two or three opportunities for work. When they all denied him, he chose to steal to feed his nieces. He was not cunning. He was ashamed. He was caught immediately.This began an eighteen year trek through the French penal system starting as a man and ending a brute. Only capable of fight, sieze, and defend. When he was released he was a pariah. No one would feed him, hire him, or give him a room to rest in at night. But then he met a strange Bishop of the church...
(for the rest see my blog and/or Victor Hugo
hardwork hour with Douglas Douglas
Jean Valjean
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