Chilungamo cha amuna, nkhondo, njala, kusinkhasinkha kwa iwo omwe akuyang'ana kwina ... Jean valjean imavutika, koma nthawi yomweyo imawuluka, zovuta zonse zomwe sewero lazolemba liyenera kusuntha. Jean wokalamba wachikulire ndiye ngwazi, pakati pa zonyansa zomwe zidakhalapo m'zaka za zana la khumi ndi chisanu ndi chinayi momwe nkhaniyi imachitikira, koma zimafikira nthawi ina iliyonse yakale. Chifukwa chake kutsanzira kosavuta ndi munthuyu pazolemba zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Mukutha tsopano kugula Les Miserables, buku lalikulu lolembedwa ndi Víctor Hugo, apa, pankhani yayikulu:
