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The Silver Candlesticks

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In *Les Misérables*, Jean Valjean spends nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. When he is finally released, the world treats him...

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In Les Misérables, Jean Valjean spends nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. When he is finally released, the world treats him as a marked man — doors slam in his face, innkeepers turn him away, and the yellow parole papers he carries announce his shame before he speaks a word. He is, by every measure, a broken man.…

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