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Les Misérables

Les Misérables

by Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

BookID: 135

Language:English

Translator:Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928

Alternate Title:Les Miserables

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Historical fictionOrphans -- FictionParis (France) -- FictionEpic literature

Description

"Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo is a French epic historical novel published in 1862. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, it follows ex-convict Jean Valjean's struggle for redemption. The novel explores the nature of law and grace, examining themes of justice, poverty, and love through the lives of interconnected characters in nineteenth-century France. Considered one of the greatest novels of its century, it depicts society's most downtrodden members and their fight for dignity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

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