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Les Miserables has been running on Broadway for eleven years. With a brilliant score written by Basil Poledouris, fans across the globe feast on this classic, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The plot goes that Jean Valjean, a young Frenchman is inprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family. When he is released, he is bitter and angry. No one will befriend him, save an old Bishop, who takes him into his home. The kind Bishop feeds the man, gives him new clothes and shoes, and makes sure he has everything he could want. The bitter Valjean repays this by stealing the Bishop's silver and running away. He is caught and the Bishop is called in to press charges. The Bishop comes in to the holding cell holding two sterling silver candlesticks. "Monsieur Valjean, you forgot the candlesticks!" He turns to the guard. "Monsieur, you are mistaken. This man did not steal the silver from me, I gave them to him. I fully appreciate you doing your suty to the country, but you may release him now." He looks at Valjean with the words Avec ces chandeliers j'ai acheté votre vie. Mon fils, vous êtes pardonné. "With these candlesticks I have bought your life. My son, you are forgiven." What a beautiful story.