Les misérables
a novel
by Victor Hugo
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In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert--Hugo achieves the sort of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre.
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Poor, Fiction, Readers, Fiction, historical, France, fiction, Ex-convicts, History, Historical fiction, Manners and customs in fiction, French fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Ex-convicts in fiction, Orphans in fiction, Orphans, Literature and fiction (general), Javert, inspector (fictitious character), fiction, Classic Literature, Fiction, political, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Juvenile fiction, Franse fiksie, Leesboeke, Franse taal, French language, Fiction, historical, general, France in fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Stuttering, freedom, redemption, prison, bread, barricade, Los, Miserables, Francia, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, Paris (france), fiction, Politics and government, Graphic novels, Comic books, strips, Cartoons and comics, Misérables (Hugo, Victor), Fiction, general, Valjean, jean (fictitious character), fiction, Police, Vida social y costumbres, Presos, Policía, Ficción, Huérfanos, July Revolution (France : 1830) fast (OCoLC)fst01353472, Literature, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Historical, Epic fiction, Manners and customs, Unterschicht, French language materials, French literature, Electronic books, Music, instruction and study, Javert (Fictitious character), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Suo xie, Chang pian xiao shuo, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Rescue work, fiction, Police, fiction, Romance literature, Ex-détenus, Romans, nouvelles, Mœurs et coutumes, Criminals, Translations into English, PrisonersPeople
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19th century, 19de eeu, 1815, 1832, Siglo XIX, July Revolution, 1830, Jin daiShowing 13 featured editions. View all 523 editions?
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"Fifteen hundred copies ... designed by Peter Beilenson ... signed by the illustrator"--Colophon.
LC has "copyright copy," with embossed stamp below colophon: This is one of 15 presentation copies 'out of series.'
Newman & Wiche. Great and good books, 108
Limited Editions Club. Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985, $c no. 108
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