Okay, so Les Miserables is broken up into five parts: Fantine; Cosette; Marius; The Idyll in the Rue Plument and the Epic of the Rue Saint-Denis; and Jean Valjean (ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS). Within these parts, there's "books", and each book has chapters.
I don't know why it's broken up like this, but it is. SO. Okay. Here's a list of what to skip!
Fantine Just skip book 1 entirely Book 2: most of it is good to read, tbh; you can skip chapter 8 if you want Book 3: skip ch 1 and ch 4, 5 and 7 and 8 Book 4: read all of it Book 5: read all of it Book 6: read all of it Book 7: read all of it Book 8: read all of it
WHAT TO SKIP AND WHAT TO READ
I don't know why it's broken up like this, but it is. SO. Okay. Here's a list of what to skip!
Fantine
Just skip book 1 entirely
Book 2: most of it is good to read, tbh; you can skip chapter 8 if you want
Book 3: skip ch 1 and ch 4, 5 and 7 and 8
Book 4: read all of it
Book 5: read all of it
Book 6: read all of it
Book 7: read all of it
Book 8: read all of it