Volume V, Book 9, Chapter 5
Valjean's deathbed scene with the silver candlesticks: 'To die is nothing; it is frightful not to live.'
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From Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Valjean dies reconciled with Cosius and Marius, blessed by the bishop's candlesticks; the novel ends with the anonymous, weathered grave in Pere-Lachaise.
Volume V, Book 9, Chapter 6
The final chapter describes the nameless, moss-covered grave with its erased inscription, an anonymous resting place for the redeemed convict.
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