He doesn't escape, He is sent to the galleys for stealing bread, which earns him 5 years. He tries a couple of times to run away earning him a total of 19 years, which he serves fully earning him his yellow passport.
Jean Valjean was created in 1862.
Jean Valjean is released from prison in 1815.
The people in the quarter refer to Jean Valjean as "Monsieur Madeleine."
Valjean just loses the will to live.
The boy Jean Valjean stole money from was named Petit Gervais. He was a young orphan boy who showed kindness to Valjean by giving him a coin, but Valjean, in his desperate state, stole it from him.
In the play Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's family. He serves five years as a prisoner and an additional 14 years for multiple escape attempts.
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Jean Valjean asked Javert for a brief period to retrieve Cosette before surrendering himself to the authorities.
Monodrama Theater - 1952 Jean Valjean was released on: USA: 6 July 1953
Sister Simplice lied to protect Jean Valjean because she believed in his goodness and wanted to help him escape capture by the authorities. She didn't want to see an innocent man punished for a crime he didn't commit, and she saw the opportunity to show compassion and mercy.
If you are asking about the first sin committed in Les Miserables, then you must mean Jean Valjean stealing the loaf of bread.He was living with he sister and all her children after her husband died. The family was hungry and they had not a dime to their name. Jean Valjean then broke a window and took a fresh loaf of bread, the baker saw him and knew who he was. The baker then told the police who arrested Jean Valjean for 5 years and sentenced him to work in the galleys, breaking large rocks. In total, Jean was incarcerated for 19 years, after making several escape attempts. This is considered the original sin, as it sets the whole story up after Jean Valjean is released.
Jean Valjean found lodging at the Bishop's house in Digne after being released from prison. The Bishop's act of kindness and compassion towards Valjean changes his life and sets him on a path towards redemption.