Doesn't something similar happen to Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables as well? > After devoting the novel's opening chapters to Bishop Myriel, a kin

Doesn't something similar happen to Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables as well? > After devoting the novel's opening chapters to Bishop Myriel, a kind-hearted old clergyman in the town of Digne, Hugo, without any transition, launches into the story of Valjean. He is a strange man, who arrives one October evening in Digne, searches a place to stay for the night and is turned away. At last, he is taken in by the bishop, who trusts him, feeds him supper, and gives him a bed for the night. Hugo then details Valjean's background. He was born sometime in 1769 in a small town and orphaned as a child. He became a pruner and helped support his widowed sister and her seven children. In winter 1795, when resources were scarce, Valjean stole a loaf of bread from a local baker. He was caught and imprisoned for five years in the Bagne of Toulon, the Toulon prison. He attempted to escape four times, and each time his sentence was lengthened by three years; he also received an extra two years for once resisting recapture during his second escape. After nineteen years in prison, he was released, but by law must carry a yellow passport that announces he is an ex-convict. During the night, he awakens and steals the bishop's silverware and silver plates, and runs off. He is arrested and brought back to the bishop. However, the Bishop admonishes Valjean (in front of the police) for forgetting to also take the silver candlesticks that he'd given Valjean, reminding Valjean of his "promise" to use the silver to become an honest man, claiming to have bought Valjean's soul with it, withdrawing it from evil and giving it to God. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Valjean#Jean_Valjean_in_the_novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Valjean#Jean_Valjean_in_t...