In the novel "Les Miserables", Jean Valjean spends 19 years in prison after stealing this
Hugo depicts the character's 19-year-long struggle to lead a normal life after 
serving a prison sentence for stealing bread to feed ... Javert's struggle to accept 
the ways that the laws he spent his life upholding might be unjust is what leads to 
his... [DOC] [TLE] Jean Valjean | Les Misrables Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] Jean Valjean is the main protagonist of Les Misrables.