Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 单词提示 1.Monsieur 先生 2.Inspector 探长 原文 Chapter 2: Fantine Now we meet Fantine. She is young and beautiful and in love with a man in Paris, but she has no family and no money. For Fantine, this is the love of her life. For the man in Paris, it is just a summer of love. Men are not kind to women, they have their fun and then they walk away. The man in Paris goes home to his rich family and leaves poor Fantine, and with a child, a little girl called Cosette. Fantine must find work, but how? Fantine has a child but no husband, and a woman without a husband is nothing, worse than nothing. People are not kind to a woman with a child but no husband. They turn their faces away, they close their doors, they say there's no work here for a woman like you. Fantine loves her daughter dearly, but what can she do? So in 1818, in a village near Paris, she leaves her little daughter with Monsieur and Madame Thenardier. They ask for 7 francs a month. Fantine pays the money, holds her daughter in her arms for the last time, and leaves. She takes the road for her home town of Montroy,and tears are running down her face. There is misery in her heart. Poor Fantine, poor Cosette. In Montroy, Fantinefinds work in a factory. This is the factory of Monsieur Madeleine, an important man in the town and very rich. Everybody likes him, because he is a good man. He is kind to his workers, he helps people,and his factory gives many jobs to the townspeople. But who is he, this Monsieur Madeleine?Where did he come from? He arrived in Montroy at the end of 1815,but nobody knows his family or anything about him. Fantine sent money every month to the Thenardiers. They were not good people, and they used the money for their own daughters. Poor little Cosette was a hungry, dirty,unloved child. She worked all day, she cleaned the house,she carried water, she washed the clothes. But Fantine knew nothing of this, and she worked long hours to make money for Cosette. The next year, the Thenardiers asked for 12 francs a month. The year after that, they wanted 15 francs. Then Fantine lost her job at the factory because the women did not like her. “She has achild in a village somewhere near Paris.” “Yes, and where's her husband.” “She doesn't have one.” “We don't want that kind of woman here. She must go.” Fantine found work making shirts. It was hard work for little money. She was often ill with a small dry cough. The Thenardiers wrote again, “Your daughter needs a warm dress for winter, send 10 francs at once.” Fantine did not have 10 francs. She thought long and hard, and went to the barber in the town. She took off her hat, and her golden hair fell down her back. “That's beautiful hair,” said the barber. “What can you give me for it?” “10 francs.” “Then cut it off.” She sent the money to the Thenardiers. “My daughter's not cold now,” she thought, “She'swearing my hair.” Soon, another letter came from the Thenardiers,“Send 100 francs, or Cosette must leave our house.” 100 francs? How can a poor woman get that kind of money? There was only one way. One cold winter evening, outside a restaurant in the center of Montroy, a woman walked up and down. There was snow on the ground, but the woman wore an evening dress with flowers in her hair. Some young men came out of the restaurant,saw her, and began to call her bad names. They laughed and shouted, but the woman did not look at them. Then one young then took some snow and put it down the back of the woman's dress. The woman was Fantine. She gave a cry, turned, and hit the young man's face with her hands. People came to watch, laughing. A tall policeman arrived, took the woman by the arm and pulled her away. “Come with me,” he said. This policeman was Inspector Javert. He was new to Montroy, and he was a hard man. To him, the law was the only important thing in life. He hated criminals. The law in France at that time was not kind to women like Fantine. Javert took Fantine to the office of police. “You hit a man in the street and that's a crime,” He told her, “You're getting six months.” “Six months in prison?” Fantine cried, “no,I'm not a bad woman, monsieur, please, I must work. I need the money for my little daughter. Please, please don't send me to prison.” She fell to the floor crying. “Take her away,” Javert said to a policeman. “One moment, please,” said a new voice. Everybody turned to look at the door, and there stood the good, the great Monsieur Madeleine. He was an important man in Montroy. “Inspector,” he said, “I was outside the restaurant, too. And I can tell you the true story.” “The young man began the fight, and this poor woman,” he looked at Fantine on the floor, “must go free. She did nothing wrong.” “The woman is a criminal,” said Javert angrily. “She must go free,” said Monsieur Madeleine,“Ask the other people at the restaurant. We all saw the same thing.” Fontain stood up slowly, she began to cough,a hard dry noise. Monsieur Madeleine took her arm gently. “My dear child, you are not well,” he said. Javert's cold eyes stared at Monsieur Madeleine. “Do I know you from somewhere?” he said, “Were you ever at Toulon?” Monsieur Madeleine looked at him. His face did not change, but his eyes were suddenly very watchful. “No, I don't know Toulon.” he said. Monsieur Madeleine took Fantine to the little hospital in Montroy. She lay in bed and coughed and coughed. Monsieur Madeleine listened to her sad story, and the next day he sent money to the Thenardiers. “Now you must get better,” he told Fantine, “Cosette needs you.” But Fantine did not get better. She was now very ill, and five days later the doctor spoke to Monsieur Madeleine. “Does she have a child, this poor woman?” He said, “Yes, a small daughter.” “You must bring the child here soon.” Monsieur Madeleine went to sit by Fountain's bed. “Monsieur madeleine, you are so kind to me. I want to see my daughter one last time.Please, can you? Bring Cosette to me, please, monsieur.” Monsieur Madeleine took her hand. “Of course, I can,” he said gently. And then, the door of the room suddenly opened behind him, and Fantine cried out “No, monsieur.” Madeleine looked round quickly. InspectorJavert came into the room with four policemen. “Jean Valjean, prisoner at Toulon, I am arresting you,” Javert said, “After you left the prison, you stole money from a child in Toulon. You are still a thief, and now you must go to prison for life.” Fantine sat up in bed. “No,” she cried, “Cosette!” Monsieur Madeleine stood up slowly. “Inspector, give me three days.” He said. He was a big man, much bigger than Javert. “Three days to bring this poor woman's child to her before she dies, then you can take me.” Javert laughed loudly, “Three days, you're going to run away?” Behind the two men, Fantine cried out, “Monsieur Madeleine, please take care of Cosette. Please.” Javert turn to her, “Be quiet, woman,there's no Monsieur Madeleine here. This man is a criminal called Jean Valjean,and he's going to prison.” Fantine stared at Javert and tried to speak,but she could not. She fell back in the bed and lay still. She was dead. The people of Montroy talked about that day for a long time, the death of the woman Fantine,the arrest of Monsieur Madeleine. Javert put Monsieur Madeleine in a locked room in the police office, but in the night, he broke down the door and escaped. Where did he go? Did he go to his house in the town? His old servant said “no”, she saw nobody and heard nothing. She said she loved Monsieur Madeleine very much. So where did Monsieur Madeleine go? Nobody in Montroy saw him again. One thing was certain. In Monsieur Madeleine's house, there were two beautiful old silver candlesticks. The next day they were gone. 翻译 第二章：芳汀 现在，我们来认识芳汀。她年轻貌美，在巴黎与一个男人坠入爱河，但她没有家人，也没有钱。对芳汀来说，这是她一生的挚爱；但对那个巴黎男人而言，这不过是一场夏日恋情罢了。男人们对待女人并不仁慈，他们寻欢作乐之后，便一走了之。那个巴黎男人回到了他富有的家族，留下了可怜的芳汀，以及他们的孩子——一个名叫珂赛特的小女孩。芳汀必须找到工作，可她能怎么办呢？芳汀有个孩子却没有丈夫，而在那个时代，没有丈夫的女人什么都不是，甚至比什么都不是还要不堪。人们对带着孩子却没有丈夫的女人毫不留情。他们对她冷眼相待，对她紧闭大门，还会说：“像你这样的女人，我们这儿没有工作。”芳汀深爱着她的女儿，可她又能做些什么呢？于是，在1818年，在巴黎附近的一个村庄里，她把小女儿托付给了德纳第夫妇。他们要求每个月付7法郎。芳汀付了钱，最后一次将女儿紧紧抱在怀里，然后转身离开。她踏上了返回故乡蒙特勒伊的路，泪水顺着脸颊不断滑落。她的心中充满了无尽的苦难。可怜的芳汀，可怜的珂赛特。在蒙特勒伊，芳汀在一家工厂找到了工作。这家工厂的老板是马德兰先生，他是镇上的大人物，非常富有。大家都很喜欢他，因为他是个大好人。他对工人们很仁慈，乐于助人，而且他的工厂为镇上的许多人提供了工作。可是，这位马德兰先生究竟是谁？他又从何而来？他是在1815年底来到蒙特勒伊的，但没有人知道他的身世，对他一无所知。芳汀每个月都会按时寄钱给德纳第夫妇。可他们并非善类，竟把芳汀寄来的钱全用在了自己亲生女儿的身上。可怜的小珂赛特成了一个挨饿、肮脏、无人疼爱的孩子。她整天干活，打扫屋子，提水，洗衣服。但芳汀对此一无所知，
