Les Miserables

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fact that she cannot support the both of them, and returns to her hometown of M-sur-m. On the way, she stops by an inn owned by the Thenardiers and decides to pay them a monthly allowance for taking care of Cosette. Unknown to Fantine, the Thenardiers end up resenting Cosette; abusing and neglecting her and finally treating her like a slave.
She ends up working for a jet work factory in M-sur-m, which gives her enough money to send to the Thenardiers. Her co-workers soon find out about her bastard child and she gets fired. She sells everything she has, including her teeth, and had to turn to prostitution to make ends meet.
The police inspector of the town is a man by the name of Javert, who used to work in Toulon. His duty is to the law, and he has no sympathy for those who do not uphold it. He arrests Fantine after she attacked a group of people who were ridiculing her. Madeleine refuses to let Javert throw her in prison, because he empathizes with her. He promises to reunite her with Cosette when she becomes ill.
Another man has been accused of being Jean Valjean, and Madeleine goes to court to prove that he is actually the convict, Jean Valjean. After the hearing, Valjean returns to the ailing Fantine to keep his promise. Javert interrupts this encounter and Fantine gets so upset that she dies. V...