Les Miserables: Volume Two: 2

Hugo, Victor

ISBN 10: 1853260509 / ISBN 13: 9781853260506

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997

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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Wordsworth Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Soft illustrated card covers showing a detail from ?Street Scene, Old Paris? by Henry William Burgess. 1809-1844. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No crease to spine or hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. Light colouration to paper throughout. VG+* Illustrations:- None.* Pages: 502 pp. text. iii pp. Advertisements at rear* Product Description:- This book is with an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. One of the great Classics of Western Literature, "Les Miserables" is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae. The reader is also treated to the unforgettable descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo, Valjean?s flight through the Paris sewers, and the fighting at the barricades during the July Revolution.* This is a VG+ copy with minimal shelf wear and light tanning. Vol 1, 1-85326-085-1 also available from this seller.*. Seller Inventory # 1937

Bibliographic Details

Title: Les Miserables: Volume Two: 2

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Paperback

Condition: VG+/VG++/ND

Edition: y First Edition

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Synopsis:

With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. Translation by Charles E. Wilbour (1862).

One of the great Classics of Western Literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description.

Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.

Volume 2 of 2

Synopsis:

This book comes with an introduction and notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. One of the great Classics of Western Literature, "Les Miserables" is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.