After giving his evidence and proving that he is the real Jean Valjean, nobody wants to arrest him, so Valjean says that they know where to find him and he returns to Montreuil-sur-Mer.

Valjean returns to his house to pack his clothes and hides behind the door when Javert comes looking for him.

After seeing this, Valjean briefly leaves the inn and returns with a beautiful new doll to give to Cosette, which she happily accepts.

Valjean does not know that Cosette returns Marius ' love and does not understand why Cosette seems less attached to " her grandfather " than before.

; Valjean's Death: Fantine returns as a ghost and escorts the dying Valjean to Heaven, praising him for having raised her daughter to adulthood.

After seeing this, Valjean leaves the inn and soon returns with an expensive new doll, which he offers to Cosette.

Valjean then fires a shot into the air and returns to the barricade, where he tells everyone that the policeman is dead.

After the battle is over and the revolutionaries are all dead, save for Valjean and the wounded Marius, Javert returns to the barricade to search for Valjean and finds him gone.

* In the movie Valjean and Cosette go to the convent with a letter of introduction from M. Madeleine, whereas in the book they came upon the convent purely coincidentally while fleeing from Javert.

* In the movie, Éponine delivers the message from Marius to Cosette, which Valjean intercepts, causing Valjean to come to the barricade to rescue Marius.

* The movie ends with Javert's suicide, while at the end of the book Valjean dies of grief after having been separated from Cosette, because Marius severed all ties with him after learning of Valjean's convict past.

The Bishop Myriel of Digne, from whom he stole valuable silverware, tells the police that he has given the treasure to Valjean.

The novel describes the developing struggle of Valjean to hide from Javert, and that of Javert to uncover the location of and arrest Valjean.

In winter 1795, when resources become scarce, Valjean steals a loaf of bread from a local baker, Maubert Isabeau.

However, the Bishop admonishes Valjean ( in front of the police ) for forgetting to also take the silver candlesticks that he'd given Valjean, reminding Valjean of his " promise " to use the silver to become an honest man, claiming to have bought Valjean's soul with it, withdrawing it from evil and giving it to God.

Jean Valjean enters the town of Montreuil-sur-Mer in late 1815 and saves the two children of the town's police chief from a fire.

Valjean later saved an old man named Fauchelevent from death, but the event had dire consequences.

Javert also asks that he be dismissed in disgrace by Valjean from his job for acting out of revenge incorrectly, saying that since he had been hard on others he could not be less harsh on himself but after Valjean repeatedly refuses, Javert says he will continue acting as police chief until a replacement can be found.

Valjean asks for three days to get Cosette from Montfermeil and give her to Fantine before he is arrested and Javert refuses, saying that it would be too easy for Valjean to escape.

In July 1823, he was condemned to death for the 40-sous theft and the escape from the jail in Montreuil-sur-Mer, as the prosecutor claims that Valjean was part of a gang of street robbers and the latter refuses to defend himself.

Valjean was assigned a new number of 9430, but escapes from a sailing vessel after only a few months ' imprisonment, on the 16. 11. 1823, by apparently falling into the sea after a daring rescue of a sailor who had gotten stuck in a dangerous situation up in the ship's rigging.

They barely manage to get away from Javert, who allowed Valjean to leave the house, believing that Valjean would take him to meet other criminals.

Valjean managed to steal a rope from a streetlamp, climb a wall to a convent and pull Cosette up after him.

Marius stalks the two until Valjean is alerted that someone is stalking them and moves from his house in Rue de l ' Ouest ( today Rue d ' Assas ).

The event leaves a profound impression on Cosette and makes Valjean even more determined to stop his daughter from learning about his past.

That night, Valjean has a terrific struggle within himself, but finally decides to go to the trial and reveal his identity in order to free Champmathieu ( for, if he gave himself up, who would care for Fantine or rescue Cosette ?).

The judge at the trial, although quite impressed with M. Madeleine's work and reputation, is shocked that Valjean, while mentioning a date that another convict had tattoed on himself ( in order to prove that M. Madeleine was actually Jean Valjean ) called Napoleon Bonaparte " the Emperor " instead of " Bonaparte " and orders Valjean arrested for the 40-sous theft.

Fantine ( who'd been told by the doctors that Valjean, who'd been at the trial, had been getting her daughter ) was shocked to find that her daughter was not there already and that her savior was being arrested, and died of shock ( her body had been greatly weakened by her poor living conditions and long illness, probably tuberculosis ).

* Javert's behavior at Champmathieu's trial makes it clear that he knew Champmathieu wasn't Valjean all along and told the mayor about the trial to set it up as a trap.

After Valjean reveals his true identity at Champmathieu ’ s trial, he goes back to see Fantine at the hospital.

Unlike in the book, Javert merely notices a similarity between Valjean and Madeleine, and never truly suspects the mayor of being the prisoner as the man who resembles Valjean had been arrested previously and awaits trial.

Though he has no speaking lines, Javert is still the one Valjean is addressing when he reveals his true identity and exonerates the man on trial.

; At The Barricade ( Upon These Stones ): At the barricade, Marius has given Éponine a letter, which she delivers to Valjean, who promises to pass it to Cosette.

Before returning to prison, Valjean visits the dying Fantine and promises to find and look after her daughter Cosette.

Valjean then walks to Fantine ’ s body and promises her that Cosette " will live within ( his ) care " and that he " will raise her to the light.

The next morning, Christmas Day, Valjean offers to take Cosette with him.

When M. Thénardier demands more money, Valjean gives him the note Fantine signed before she died, saying that the bearer of the note was authorized to take Cosette.

Valjean and Cosette do not take refuge from Javert in a convent, as they do in the novel, and Valjean never stays at the Gorbeau house.

: After Javert has left, Valjean soliloquizes about the course of action he should take.

Valjean finds Cosette fetching water (" The Bargain ") and pays the Thénardiers 1, 500 Francs to let him take her away (" The Waltz of Treachery ").

Valjean comes in and vows to protect and take care of her daughter, Cosette.

The next morning on Christmas Day, Valjean informs the Thénardiers that the real reason he is at the inn is because he wants to take Cosette with him.

Valjean informs the Thénardiers that her mother Fantine is dead and offers to take Cosette to his care.