Volume I, Book 5, Chapter 10
Fantine sells her hair, then her two front teeth, in the descent that culminates in prostitution.
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From Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Fantine embodies the novel's indictment of how society destroys poor women; she sells her hair, her teeth, and finally her body to support Cosette.
Volume I, Book 5, Chapter 13
Fantine's confrontation with Javert after spitting at the bourgeois; Madeleine/Valjean intervenes.
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Fantine's death after Javert reveals Madeleine is Valjean.
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