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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...

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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...

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...

Few novels ever swept across the world with such overpowering impact as Les Misérables. 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, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Misérables is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggle...

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.