Les Misérables (Modern Library Classics) - Softcover

Hugo, Victor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812974263 ISBN 13: 9780812974263

Publisher: Modern Library, 2009

Synopsis

Translated by Julie Rose
Introduction by Adam Gopnik
 
In this major new rendition by the acclaimed translator Julie Rose, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is revealed in its full, unabridged glory. A favorite of readers for nearly 150 years, this stirring tale of crime, punishment, justice, and redemption pulses with life. Featuring such unforgettable characters as the quintessential prisoner of conscience Jean Valjean, the relentless police detective Javert, and the tragic prostitute Fantine and her innocent daughter, Cosette, Hugo’s epic novel sweeps readers from the French provinces to the back alleys of Paris, and from the battlefield of Waterloo to the bloody ramparts of Paris during the uprising of 1832. With an Introduction by Adam Gopnik, this Modern Library edition is an outstanding translation of a masterpiece that continues to astonish and entertain readers around the world.

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From the Inside Flap:

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.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRLWELL

From the Back Cover:

‘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

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0812974263
• ISBN 13: 9780812974263
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1376