Les Miserables - Hardcover
On one level Les Miserables is a detective story in which the relentless Inspector Javert obsessively pursues the escaped convict Jean Valjean. On another level, it is a drama of crime, punishment and rehabilitation set against a panoramic description of French society after Napoleon. But above all, Hugo’s masterpiece is about the metaphysical struggle between good and evil in the soul of every man. It is a plea for social justice, political enlightenment and personal charity.
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A THRILLING NEW TRANSLATION BY JULIE ROSE Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Misérables is one of the greatest adventures stories ever told. It 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. Les Miserables is a masterful detective story, a comic and tragic story of romance and revolution and, ultimately, a tale of redemption and hope.
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRLWELL
‘A humanist masterpiece’ Guardian
‘Still manages to grip the reader with its epic-narrative sweep and all-embracing humanitarianism’ Douglas Kennedy, Sunday Times
‘A sprawling, rumbustious novel’ Daily Mail
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- PublisherVintage Classics
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0099511134
- ISBN 13 9780099511137
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages960
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Les Miserables
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Vintage Publishing, London, United Kingdom
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0099511134
ISBN 13: 9780099511137
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Good+/Quite Good 1st print 2008 Vintage Classics hardback, unclipped DJ, atmospheric illustrated end-papers. Area of staining to inside front of jacket with smaller area inside rear of DJ, corners tears to DJ, 3cm tear to lower rear of DJ spine, some rubbing and surface scuffing to jacket, dedication to reverse of fly-leaf and name sticker to Ex-Libris page, bright and unmarked throughout otherwise. Size: 159\nx 238\nx 55mm. 1376 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; ISBN: 0099511134. ISBN/EAN: 9780099511137. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 084510. Seller Inventory # 084510
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