The book includes selected chapters from the novel “Les Miserables” by the French writer Victor Hugo (1802–1885). The story of little Cosette, whom her mother gave to be raised by the evil and greedy innkeeper Thenardier and his wife, will not leave young readers indifferent. It was not easy for little Cosette in a strange house: living from hand to mouth and wearing the old clothes of her master’s daughters, the girl did the hardest and dirtiest work. Imagine the surprise and bewilderment of the little girl when one day, around Christmas, some stranger bought her an expensive doll, and in her wooden shoe she found a gold coin!.. Young Gavroche - another hero of the novel "Les Miserables" - grew up on the streets of Paris . The city replaced his parents, brothers and sisters, the city slums became his home. Along with adults, young Gavroche bravely fights on the barricades of revolutionary Paris.