Les Miserables
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Paperback Signet Classics English
By (author) Victor Hugo , Translated by Norman MacAfee , Afterword by Chris Bohjalian , Introduction by Lee Fahnestock


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The only completely unabridged paperback edition of Victor Hugos masterpiece--a sweeping tale of love, loss, valor, and passion.

Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean--the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread--Les Misérables ranks among the greatest novels of all time. In it, Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, immerses them in a battle between good and evil, and carries them to the barricades during the uprising of 1832 with a breathtaking realism that is unsurpassed in modern prose.

Within his dramatic story are themes that capture the intellect and the emotions: crime and punishment, the relentless persecution of Valjean by Inspector Javert, the desperation of the prostitute Fantine, the amorality of the rogue Thénardier, and the universal desire to escape the prisons of our own minds. Les Misérables gave Victor Hugo a canvas upon which he portrayed his criticism of the French political and judicial systems, but the portrait that resulted is larger than life, epic in scope--an extravagant spectacle that dazzles the senses even as it touches the heart.

Translated by Lee Fahnestock and Norman Macafee, based on the classic nineteenth-century Charles E. Wilbour translation

Inlcudes an Introduction by Lee Fahnestock
and an Afterword by Chris Bohjalian


Product details

Format Paperback | 1488 pages
Dimensions 105 x 176 x 52mm | 590g
Publication date 01 Oct 2013
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Signet
Publication City/Country New York, United States
Language English
Edition Unabridged
Edition Statement Unabridged
ISBN10 045141943X
ISBN13 9780451419439
Bestsellers rank 61,038