In the novel "Les Miserables", Jean Valjean spends 19 years in prison after stealing this
... Val Jean the main 
character steals a loaf of bread for his sister's family and is ... For stealing a loaf of 
bread, and then repeatedly trying to escape, Jean Valjean spends twenty years 
in prison... [DOC] [TLE] What is the story arc of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables?