Les Miserables (Everyman's Library CLASSICS) - Hardcover

Hugo, Victor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857152395 ISBN 13: 9781857152395

Publisher: Everyman, 1998

Tolstoy is said to have called Les Miserables the greatest novel ever written, and it exerted a powerful influence on the creation of War and Peace. At one level a detective story in which the relentless Inspector Javert obsessively pursues the escaped convict Jean Valjean, culminating in a dramatic chase through the sewers of Paris, at another level Hugo's masterpiece is a drama of crime, punishment and rehabilitation set against a panoramic description of French society in the years after Napoleon's fall from power. But this book is also about the metaphysical struggle between good and evil in the soul of every man and every community. Coloured by Hugo's distinctive philosophy, it is a plea for social justice, political enlightenment and personal charity which continues to speak with the undiminished authority more than a century after its first appearance.

About the Author:

French poet, playwright, novelist, and activist, Victor Hugo is best known as the author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A leader of the French Romantic movement, he was one of the most prolific authors in history and his career reflects a turning point in French literature.

Synopsis:

Les Miserables, the compelling story of love , honour and obsession living amidst one of the most dramati c periods of French history which culminates in an explosive finale on the streets of Paris in the July revolution '

• Publisher: Everyman
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1857152395
• ISBN 13: 9781857152395
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1472