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One of the great classics of western literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description.Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.The reader i...

Set in the Parisian underworld of the early nineteenth century, Les Misrablesfollows the adventures of Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who spent nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened and bitter criminal upon his release, Valjean is transformed when an act of compassion by a priest he robbed saves him from returning to prison. Changing his ways, he becomes a successful...

Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Misrables follows the adventures of Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who was imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sisters starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, Valjean is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued re...

Set in the Parisian underworld of the 1800s, Les Misrables follows the adventures of Jean Valjean, an honest peasant imprisoned for nineteen years. A hardened criminal upon his release, an act of compassion causes him to change his ways. Haunted by his past, Valjean is pursued relentlessly by the Inspector Javert, who does not believe in moral redemption.

One of the great classics of western literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description.Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.The reader i...

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A convict's heroic struggle for justice and redemption plays out against a fiery backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. This edition features the excellent original translation and a sensitive abridgment.

Hugos epic follows Jean Valjean, an honest peasant turned hardened criminal through harsh circumstances, who reforms but is pursued relentlessly by a police inspector. Famous chapters include Valjeans flight through the Paris sewers.

Hugos epic follows Jean Valjean, an honest peasant turned hardened criminal through harsh circumstances, who reforms but is pursued relentlessly by a police inspector. Famous chapters include Valjeans flight through the Paris sewers.

Hugos epic follows Jean Valjean, an honest peasant turned hardened criminal through harsh circumstances, who reforms but is pursued relentlessly by a police inspector. Famous chapters include Valjeans flight through the Paris sewers.

Few novels ever swept across the world with such overpowering impact as Les Misérables. Within 24 hours, the first Paris edition was sold out. In other great cities of the world it was devoured with equal relish.Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Misérables is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggle...

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.