Volume I, Book 2, Chapter 1
Valjean arrives in Digne, turned away from every inn because of his yellow passport.
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From Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Valjean enters Digne as a despised, exhausted ex-convict bearing the yellow passport, condemned to 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread.
Volume I, Book 2, Chapter 6
The history of Valjean's 19-year sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's children.
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