{"product_id":"les-miserables-by-victor-hugo","title":"Les Misérables By Victor Hugo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 26\/11\/2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Classics - Fiction - Historical Fiction - Literature - France - Historical - Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant modern translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted by the BBC in a lavish new television series for Christmas 2018,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a timeless story; a plot-driven epic of one man’s search for redemption and of lives swept up, made and broken in the tumultuous social and political changes of early nineteenth-century France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn epic portrait of crime, punishment, exile, justice, redemption, love, despair and high idealism,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis justifiably regarded as one of the greatest novels of all time. At its heart are the reverberations rippling from the life of one man: Jean Valjean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImprisoned in the Bagne of Toulon for 19 years for the original crime of stealing a loaf of bread, Valjean emerges embittered; fuelled by rage at a broken system of justice. When the course of his life is changed by a single, unexpected act of faith and generosity he begins a life of escape and reparation. Yet as he attempts to forge a place in society Valjean is forever dogged by the pursuit of tenacious policeman Javert, who sees in the law only an immoveable and undeniable force to be obeyed at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInto their orbit are drawn a host of vivid and unforgettable characters; from the tragic victim Fantine and her daughter Cosette to the grasping and ruthless Thénardiers and Marius, a man driven by his father’s Napoleonic past into a battle of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Dickens’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/great-expectations\/charles-dickens\/9780141439563\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- published a year before Hugo’s masterpiece -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edelves deeply into the unseen connections between criminality and social inequality. Begun in Paris and completed when Hugo was himself living a 19-year-long exile in Guernsey,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMoving from the Battle of Waterloo to the barricades of the June rebellion of 1832 and framed against the teeming streets of Paris’s suburbs, Hugo conjures an unforgettable portrait of a nation and a story whose themes continues to echo powerfully today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780241248744\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e1456\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e197\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e130\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e62\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e926 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish (Language of text), French (Original language of a translated text)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53361110483257,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/91teZUyg4QS._SL1500.jpg?v=1780641711","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/les-miserables-by-victor-hugo","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}