Les Miserables By (author) Victor Hugo

Les Misérables - Vintage Hugo Victor Hugo (author), Julie Rose (translator) Reprint Paperback (05 Nov 2009) Publisher's Synopsis Read the masterful story of romance and revolution behind the hit BBC TV series. Les Misérables is a novel peopled by colourful characters from the nineteenth-century Parisian underworld; the street children, the prostitutes and the criminals. In telling the story of escaped convict Jean Valjean, and his efforts to reform his ways and care for the little orphan girl he rescues from a life of cruelty, Victor Hugo drew attention to the plight of the poor and oppressed. Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Misérables is one of the greatest stories ever told. NOW A MAJOR BBC TV ADAPTATION STARRING DOMINIC WEST, OLIVIA COLEMAN AND DAVID OYELOWO 'There are plenty of translations of this extensive, exuberant novel that cut out anything superfluous. But God is in the detail…This is the one to read' Jeanette Winterson Book information ISBN: 9780099529965 Publisher: Random House Imprint: Vintage Classics Pub date: 05 Nov 2009 Edition: Reprint DEWEY: 843.7 DEWEY edition: 23 Language: English Number of pages: 1376 Weight: 1064g Height: 215mm Width: 135mm Spine width: 51mm