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Paris im 16. Jahrhundert: Clopin, der "König der Narren", ist der Herr der Unterwelt. Er hat eine schöne Adoptivtochter namens Esmeralda, die gleich zwei Verehrer hat: Jehan, Bruder des Erzdiakons von Notre Dame und Phoebus, Hauptmann der Wache. Jehan will Esmeralda entführen und setzt dazu den buckligen Glöckner Quasimodo ein. Doch dieser wird gefangen und öffentlich ausgepeitscht - nur Esmeralda steht ihm bei. Sie wird kurz darauf unter Mor...

One of the great classics of western literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description.Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.The reader i...

Set in the Parisian underworld of the early nineteenth century, Les Misrablesfollows the adventures of Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who spent nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened and bitter criminal upon his release, Valjean is transformed when an act of compassion by a priest he robbed saves him from returning to prison. Changing his ways, he becomes a successful...

Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Misrables follows the adventures of Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who was imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sisters starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, Valjean is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued re...

Set in the Parisian underworld of the 1800s, Les Misrables follows the adventures of Jean Valjean, an honest peasant imprisoned for nineteen years. A hardened criminal upon his release, an act of compassion causes him to change his ways. Haunted by his past, Valjean is pursued relentlessly by the Inspector Javert, who does not believe in moral redemption.

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One of the great classics of western literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description.Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.The reader i...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

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A rare 1826 French play by master fantasist Charles Nodier revisits the legend of Frankenstein, recasting the legendary scientist as a sorcerer and his Monster as a mute killer from Hell. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame was adapted and rewritten by Victor Hugo himself into a stage play that throws new light on the classic tragedy. These two never-before-translated masterpieces are supplemented by an all-new story by translator ...

A convict's heroic struggle for justice and redemption plays out against a fiery backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. This edition features the excellent original translation and a sensitive abridgment.

Nach dem berühmten Text des italienischen Aufklärers Cesare Beccaria über die Todesstrafe aus »Verbrechen und Strafen« wenden sich die Dichter des 19. Jahrhunderts sprachgewaltig gegen die Todesstrafe: Charles Dickens beschäftigt sich in Briefen an John Forster, den Herausgeber der »The Daily News«, mit der Todesstrafe und diskutiert mit intuitivem Scharfblick die gesellschaftliche Wirkung und Bedeutung der Hinrichtung von Menschen. Diese Text...

Valjean - Drama in zwei Abtheilungen mit einem Vorspiel, nach Victor Hugo's Roman "Die Armen und Elenden" ist ein unveränderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1863. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen und Ernährung, Medizin und weiteren Genres. Der Schwerpunkt des Verlages liegt auf dem Erhalt historischer Literatu...

Excerpt from Hugo's Italian Simplified: Complete, Consisting of I. A Simple but Complete Grammar, II. Italian Reading Made Easy, III. Italian Conversation Simplified, IV. A Key to the Exercises in the GrammarEver since it was published some twenty years ago, hugo's italian grammar, which simplified for the first time the intricacies Of that language, has been the standard work on the subject. All previous text-books had been written from the t...

Hugos epic follows Jean Valjean, an honest peasant turned hardened criminal through harsh circumstances, who reforms but is pursued relentlessly by a police inspector. Famous chapters include Valjeans flight through the Paris sewers.

Hugos epic follows Jean Valjean, an honest peasant turned hardened criminal through harsh circumstances, who reforms but is pursued relentlessly by a police inspector. Famous chapters include Valjeans flight through the Paris sewers.

Hugos epic follows Jean Valjean, an honest peasant turned hardened criminal through harsh circumstances, who reforms but is pursued relentlessly by a police inspector. Famous chapters include Valjeans flight through the Paris sewers.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...