Les Miserables (Modern Library Classics) (Modern Library Classics (Paperback)) - Softcover

Victor Hugo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812974263 ISBN 13: 9780812974263

Publisher: Modern Library, 2009

Synopsis

Translated by Julie Rose
Introduction by Adam Gopnik
 
In this major new rendition by the acclaimed translator Julie Rose, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is revealed in its full, unabridged glory. A favorite of readers for nearly 150 years, this stirring tale of crime, punishment, justice, and redemption pulses with life. Featuring such unforgettable characters as the quintessential prisoner of conscience Jean Valjean, the relentless police detective Javert, and the tragic prostitute Fantine and her innocent daughter, Cosette, Hugo’s epic novel sweeps readers from the French provinces to the back alleys of Paris, and from the battlefield of Waterloo to the bloody ramparts of Paris during the uprising of 1832. With an Introduction by Adam Gopnik, this Modern Library edition is an outstanding translation of a masterpiece that continues to astonish and entertain readers around the world.

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Review:

"A new translation by Julie Rose of Hugo's behemoth classic that is as racy and current and utterly arresting as it should be."--The Buffalo News (editor's choice)

"Lively, dramatic, and wonderfully readable."--Alison Lurie, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Foreign Affairs

"Splendid . . . The magnificent story [is] marvelously captured in this new unabridged translation."--Denver Post

"Rich and gorgeous. This is the [translation] to read. . . . If you are flying, just carry it under your arm as you board, or better still, rebook your holiday and go by train, slowly, page by page."--Jeanette Winterson, The Times, London

Book Description:

'Still grips the reader with its epic-narrative sweep and all-embracing humanitarianism' Douglas Kennedy, Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0812974263
• ISBN 13: 9780812974263
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1330