. . . "Jean Valjean"@en . . . . "Urbain Fabre"@en . "Monsieur Madeleine"@en . "Ultime Fauchelevent"@en . . . . . . "Jean Valjean is a fictional character and the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Mis\u00E9rables. Hugo depicts the character's 19-year-long struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's children during a time of economic depression and various attempts to escape from prison. Valjean is also known in the novel as Monsieur Madeleine, Ultime Fauchelevent, Monsieur Leblanc, and Urbain Fabre; the libretto mentions he is Prisoner 24601."@en . "Prisoner 24601"@en .