Les Miserables Chapter Title Bracket @lmchaptertitlebracket - Tumblr Blog

Hit 1862 novel Les Misérables has many wonderful book and chapter titles, but which one is the Best?? The people (i.e. tumblrinas) shall determine once and for all.

We’ll start with choosing the best translation for each title, and then we'll match them up in a big bracket!

English language translations because they’re the only ones I’m familiar with, sorry! I’ll put what translation is from what translator(s) under the cut, but will leave it out of the polls.

Witness The Spreadsheet™️ here, and please submit propaganda for your favorite titles here!

If I make an error in a poll, please let me know!

blog run by @gloomth-and-wanderings :D

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How many polls total do you think you'll have made by the end?

I don't know! there are over 850 posts on this blog now, of which most are polls. but we're almost through! there will be 2-3 more rounds, depending on if there are ties. (they'll be tiny rounds though)

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Round 6, Matchup 7: V.i.2 vs V.i.5

Which chapter title do you prefer?

What Can You in the Abyss but Talk?

What Horizon is Visible from the Top of the Barricade

Voting ended onJan 11

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Round 6, Matchup 6: IV.xiv.5 vs V.i.23

Which chapter title do you prefer?

The Last Poem of Jean Prouvaire

Orestes Fasting and Pylades Drunk

Voting ended onJan 10

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Round 6, Matchup 5: IV.iii.5 vs V.i.11

Which chapter title do you prefer?

The Rose Discovers That She Is An Engine of War

The Shot Which Misses Nothing and Kills No One

Voting ended onJan 10

propaganda from @bread--quest: "i think this is the only chapter title that i've seen on its own as an aesthetic quote on pinterest"

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Round 6, Matchup 4: III.iii.5 vs III.iv.1

Which chapter title do you prefer?

The Usefulness of Going to Mass to Become a Revolutionary

A Group Which Barely Missed Becoming Historic

Voting ended onJan 9

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Round 6, Matchup 3: III.i.10 vs III.viii.21

Which chapter title do you prefer?

Ecce Paris, Ecce Homo

One Should Always Begin By Arresting the Victims

Voting ended onJan 9

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Round 6, Matchup 2: II.v.5 vs IV.xii.3

Which chapter title do you prefer?

Which Would Be Impossible By Gaslight

Night Begins To Descend Upon Grantaire

Voting ended onJan 8

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Round 6, Matchup 1: II.iv.7 vs IV.xi

Which chapter title do you prefer?

A Nest for Owl and Wren

The Atom Fraternizes with the Hurricane

Voting ended onJan 8

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gallica bnf is crashing like crazy (is anyone surprised) so I am going to have to delay putting up the Hugo-handwritten original French chapter titles 'till next round. hopefully gallica will be healed by then. we can only dream

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yes, it's been ages, but I'm still around! and will work up queueing round 6 tonight. There are only 7 matchups left! we've narrowed down so much-- tome 1 is completely out of the picture, and only 2 titles remain from tome 2. so I'm going to make the voting length shorter and the amount of polls per day less to stretch it out a little.

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Round 5 Bonus Poll: V.i.23a vs V.i.23b vs V.i.23c

Which chapter title... segment do you prefer?

Orestes Fasting

and

Pylades Drunk

Voting ended onOct 29, 2025

It won with an 87% last round, but which part do the people favor??? inquiring minds want to know

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Round 5, Matchup 13: V.i.11 vs V.i.20

Which chapter title do you prefer?

The Shot Which Misses Nothing and Kills No One