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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 (10[1])as her final wish. (10[1])A character in this novel visits the “Lark’s Meadow” every day because his beloved’s (10[1])recurring nickname is “the lark.” A character in this novel writes the words “the police are here” on a piece (10[1])of paper to prove her literacy to a man who finds a packet of letters (10[1])that she forged. After his love moves to England, a man in this novel joins the radical group “Friends of the ABC” (10[1])in (-5[1])dying in the barricades. (-5[1])A character drowns (10[1])in the Seine after releasing his enemy from arrest near the end of this novel, while Marius and Cosette are reconciled. For 10 points, Inspector (-5[1])Javert (“zhuh-VAIR”) pursues the ex-convict Jean Valjean (“ZHON val-ZHON”) in what novel by Victor Hugo? (10[2])■END■

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