Les Misérables (Illustrated) (THE GREAT CLASSICS LIBRARY)

by Victor Hugo

Overview

Before there was a movie (several, actually) and a musical, there was a book. A very, very large book, in five volumes. Its main story is of Jean Valjean, imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread and then hunted implacably by Inspector Javert as he tries to live an honest and productive life, and act as a foster father to the waif Cosette. But the novel is packed with far too many characters, events, ideas to fit into a movie or a musical. Even the secondary story - that of the students protesting and taking to the barricades in June, 1832 - is only one of many in this bursting, vital book.
The novel also takes the reader all over France and through various parts of nineteenth century Paris, offering a colorful backdrop to the stirring and touching events it portrays.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016106915
Publisher:	Revenant
Publication date:	12/18/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Victor Hugo, in full Victor Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: ​[1802 – 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist. He is considered one of the most well-known French Romantic writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831 (known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame).
Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism. As a result,
his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon, alongside many of France's greatest men.

Date of Birth:

February 26, 1802

Date of Death:

May 22, 1885

Place of Birth:

Besançon, France

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

Pension Cordier, Paris, 1815-18