Hugo Victor - Les Miserables - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Victor Hugo's tale of injustice heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience when owing to a case of mistaken identity another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free however for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine driven to prostitution by poverty. Norman Denny's lively English translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing Hugo's political and artistic aims in writing Les Mis rables. Victor Hugo (1802 - 85) wrote volumes of criticism dramas satirical verse and political journalism but is best remembered for his novels especially Notre - Dame de Paris (also known as The Hunchback of Notre - Dame) and Les Mis rables which was adapted into one of the most successful musicals of all time. All human life is here Cameron Mackintosh producer of the musical Les Mis rables One of the half - dozen greatest novels of the world Upton Sinclair A great writer - inventive witty sly innovatory A. S. Byatt author of Possession
Title: Les Miserables
Author(s): Hugo Victor
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781846140495
Pages: 1232 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/14/2012
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation