<page_title> Les Misérables (musical) </page_title> <section_title> Characters </section_title> <table> <cell> Jean Valjean <col_header> Character </col_header> </cell> <cell> Prisoner 24601. After being released from imprisonment for serving nineteen years (five for stealing a loaf of bread and fourteen for multiple escape attempts), he breaks parole and, after receiving mercy from Bishop Myriel, turns his life around to live for God, showing the effects of God's grace that bring a corrupt man into virtuous and selfless living. <col_header> Description </col_header> <row_header> Jean Valjean </row_header> </cell> </table>
After 19 years in prison (five for stealing bread and the rest for trying to escape), Jean Valjean, "prisoner 24601", is released on parole.