I didn’t know about the 1935 version. Thanks!
Until my mom bought an edited-for-not-weighing-a-ton-or-having-really-tiny-letters version (which left out a lot of the Myriel material and only showed Col Pontmercy’s “rescue” by Thenardier while omitting the battle), it was the only knowledge I had of the story. It ends on a high note with Cosette reunited with injured Marius, and near-arrest by and subsequent suicide of, Javert.