Les Misérables

Story of Jean Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector Javert who dedicates his life to recapture him.

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Jean Valjean, Javert, Javier PeñalosaPlaces

Toulon, (France), Paris (France), Toulon Prison, France, Paris (France), Fa guoTimes

19th century, US 19, 1815, 1832, 19th century, July Revolution, 1830, Jin daiShowing 12 featured editions. See all 526 editions?

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Originally published: 1987.

"The only complete and unabridged paperback edition"--Cover.

"Base of the magnificent musical theater with a new epilogue by Chris Bohjalian"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1467-1468).

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In this story of the trials of peasant Jean Valjean, a man unjustly imprisoned, bewildered by fate and pursued by his nemesis, the magnificently realized and ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert, Hugo achieves the kind of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre.