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Quotation from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
“He is a man who, to all appearances, has lost some person who is dear to him. People die of that.”
Les Misérables, Volume V, Book 9, Chapter II, Last Flickerings of a Lamp without Oil, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood
The doctor's verdict to the portress on Valjean, who is wasting away after withdrawing from Cosette's life.
Citation: "He is a man who, to all appearances, has lost some person who is dear to him. People die of that." — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Volume V, Book 9, Chapter II, Last Flickerings of a Lamp without Oil, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood. (id les-miserables-q7)
Portrait: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full, Étienne Carjat, Public domain.
