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With her dying breath, a character in this novel tells a man “I believe I was a little in love with you” after asking for a kiss on her brow as her final wish. A character in this novel visits the (10[1])“Lark’s Meadow” every (-5[1])day because his beloved’s recurring nickname is “the lark.” A character in this novel writes the words “the police are here” (10[1])on (10[1]-5[1])a piece of paper (-5[1])to prove (10[1])her literacy to a man who finds (10[1])a packet of (10[1])letters that she forged. After his love moves to England, (-5[1])a man in this novel joins the radical group “Friends of the ABC” (10[1])in dying in (10[1])the (10[1])barricades. (10[1])A character drowns (10[1])in the Seine after releasing (10[1])his (10[1])enemy from arrest near the end of this novel, while Marius and Cosette (10[1])are reconciled. For 10 points, Inspector Javert (“zhuh-VAIR”) pursues the ex-convict Jean Valjean (“ZHON val-ZHON”) in what novel by Victor Hugo? ■END■

ANSWER: Les Misérables [or The Miserables; or The Miserable Ones; reject “Les Mis”]
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