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Les Miserables
Les Misérables centres on the character Jean Valjean, an ex-convict in 19th-century France. The story spans many years as it tells of Valjean's release from prison and reformation as an industrialist while being constantly pursued by the morally strict in
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About Les Miserables
‘He was no longer Jean Valjean, but No. 24601. ’In Les Misérables, Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, immerses them in a battle between good and evil and carries them to the barricades during the uprising of 1832, with a breathtaking realism that is unsurpassed in modern prose. Within his dramatic story are themes that capture the intellect and the emotions: crime and punishment, the relentless persecution of the peasant Jean Valjean by Inspector Javert, the desperation of the prostitute Fantine, the amorality of the rogue Thénardier and the universal desire to escape the prisons of our own minds. Les Misérables is an extravagant spectacle that dazzles the senses even as it touches the heart.
| ISBN 13: | 9780143427100 |
| ISBN 10: | 143427105 |