Paris has an important role in Les Misérables’ plot. Hugo provides detailed itineraries of his characters, and a large number of different sites and streets are mentioned in the novel while Hugo makes clear that the “faubourgs” are as important parts of the city as are Champs-Elysées, rue de Rivoli, Palais Royal, or rue Saint-Honoré.
Here are maps of sites and itineraries mentioned or described in the novel that give us an idea of what the Paris of Les Misérables is:
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