{"product_id":"les-miserables-paperback","title":"Les Miserables - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLee Fahnestock\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eNorman Macafee\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A SIX-PART MINISERIES ON MASTERPIECE ON PBS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only completely unabridged paperback edition of Victor Hugo's masterpiece--a sweeping tale of love, loss, valor, and passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean--the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread--\u003ci\u003eLes Mis rables\u003c\/i\u003e ranks among the greatest novels of all time. In it, Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, immerses them in a battle between good and evil, and carries them to the barricades during the uprising of 1832 with a breathtaking realism that is unsurpassed in modern prose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin his dramatic story are themes that capture the intellect and the emotions: crime and punishment, the relentless persecution of Valjean by Inspector Javert, the desperation of the prostitute Fantine, the amorality of the rogue Th nardier, and the universal desire to escape the prisons of our own minds. \u003ci\u003eLes Mis rables \u003c\/i\u003egave Victor Hugo a canvas upon which he portrayed his criticism of the French political and judicial systems, but the portrait that resulted is larger than life, epic in scope--an extravagant spectacle that dazzles the senses even as it touches the heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Lee Fahnestock and Norman Macafee, based on the classic nineteenth-century Charles E. Wilbour translation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eInlcudes an Introduction by Lee Fahnestock \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Chris Bohjalian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (1802-1885) was the son of a high-ranking officer in Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army. A man of literature and politics, he participated in vast changes as France careened back and forth between empire and more democratic forms of government. As a young man in Paris, he became well-known and sometimes notorious for his poetry, fiction, and plays. In 1845, the year that he began writing his masterwork, \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe king made him a peer of France, with a seat in the upper legislative body. There he advocated universal free education, general suffrage, and the abolition of capital punishment. When an uprising in 1848 ushered in a republic, he stopped writing \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e and concentrated on politics. But in 1851, when the president proclaimed himself emperor, Hugo's opposition forced him into a long exile on the British Channel Islands. There, in 1860, he resumed work on \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efinishing it the next year. With the downfall of the emperor in 1870, Hugo returned to France, where he received a hero's welcome as a champion of democracy. At his death in 1885, two million people lined the streets of Paris as his coffin was borne to the Pantheon. There he was laid to rest with every honor the French nation could bestow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1488\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.5 x 6.9 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227627864313,"sku":"9780451419439","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Ymt1czAvUktldXZwdVRNVWtVcEFDUT09.webp?v=1768285172","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/les-miserables-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}