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Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo

Published: 2013-01-22
Paperback : 746 pages
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Les Miserables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.

In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title, which can be translated from the ...

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Les Miserables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.

In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title, which can be translated from the French as The Miserables, The Wretched, The Miserable Ones, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims.

Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, focusing on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption.

Examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the history of France, the architecture and urban design of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, antimonarchism, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love.

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