Foreword by Senior Fellow Alonzo L. McDonald. This pivotal incident, one of the most moving in Western literature, sets the stage for the great novel Les Misérables. Convict 24601—newly paroled but hardened and embittered—is transformed by an encounter with the Bishop of Digne. A new printing in 2009 includes a discussion guide. The Purchase of a Soul POS$6.00, 10/$50.00, 50/$225.00, 100/$400.00