who is victor Hugo from the noble bishop
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Explanation:Victor Hugo's The Bishop's Candlesticks dramatizes a pivotal episode in his epic novel, Les
Miserables (1862).
The story begins in nineteenth century France. Jean ValJean has spent 19 years in the galley
for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's children. Five years for burglary, and 14 years for
attempting to escape. With a yellow passport that marked his criminal past, Jean roamed from
town to town looking for work, only to have doors shut in his face. We hear in this story the
rumors as the gossip grows in Digne that labels Jean a thief, then a madman and finally
blossoms into a murderer.
The Bishop of Digne, however, has no lock on his door. He is warned by his friends that he
should secure his door against Jean, but the bishop says, "This is not my house, but the
house of the Lord..." When Jean comes looking for a handout, the Bishop greets him and
welcomes him into his home. Jean is taken aback. He distrusts everyone because of their
cruel treatment of him. Both the Bishop's friends, the professor and his housekeeper, advise
the Bishop not to offer his home to Jean. They both agree that a bag of food would be
kindness enough. However, the Bishop offers Jean not only a seat at his table, but a good
night's rest in his own room.
After they eat together, the Bishop shows Jean to his room. Upon arriving back in the kitchen,
his housekeeper asks what she should do with the silver plates she had just washed. He tells
her to put them in their normal place. She is afraid of their visitor and does not put them back
in the cupboard, in the Bishop's room. The professor sits the Bishop down and encourages
him to wake Jean up, give him a little bag of food and let him go on his way. After rebuking