Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

ISBN 10: 0736623396 ISBN 13: 9780736623391

Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc., 1993

Synopsis

A Joss Recording

Few novels ever hit with such impact as LES MISERABLES. Within 24 hours, the first Paris edition was sold out. In other great cities of the world it was devoured with equal relish.

Sensational, dramatic and passionate, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of Jean-Valjean, a convict struggling to escape his past, became a gospel of the poor and oppressed.

This recording has been abridged.

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About the Author

Victor Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best-known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry and then from his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831 (known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). He produced more than 4,000 drawings, which have since been admired for their beauty. He also earned widespread respect as a campaigner for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism; his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon. His legacy has been honoured in many ways, including his portrait being placed on French franc banknotes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0736623396
• ISBN 13: 9780736623391
• Binding: Audio Cassette