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(0)Victor Hugo
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Considered to be French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Misérables is a sprawling historical and philosophical epic first published in 1862. Covering the years from 1815 through the Paris Uprising in 1832, it is notable for its many subplots and digressions from the main storyline. The novel's stated aim is ""a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth,"" which can be seen most clearly in the story of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 105
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English
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One of the greatest epic novels in history, Les Misérables is the moving story of Jean Valjean's struggle for redemption and his lifelong pursuit by Javert, a police detective determined to return Valjean to chains. Always one step ahead of Javert, Valjean encounters the tragic Fantine, and ultimately rescues Fantine's daughter, Cosette, from her wretched life with the Thénadiers, treating the child as his own as she comes of age in pre-revolutionary...
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Duke Classics
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English
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Immerse yourself in one of the classic masterpieces of Western literature. Victor Hugo's sweeping epic The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a timeless tale of unrequited love that also touches on themes of jealousy, passion, purity, social justice, and moral goodness.
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Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at Officina Bodoni in Verona
Pub. Date
1960.
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English
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Toilers of the Sea (1866) is a novel by Victor Hugo. Written while Hugo was living in exile on the island of Guernsey, Toilers of the Sea is a story of adventure that expresses the everyday struggles of a fool in love while capturing the changes wrought by political and economic revolution in Europe. "Gilliatt lived in the parish of St. Sampson. He was not liked by his neighbours; and there were reasons for that fact." Viewed as an outsider by the...
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English
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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.
11) Les misérables
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
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English
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Ex-convict Jean Valjean tries to rebuild his life to be a respectable citizen. However, police inspector Javert relentlessly hounds him and won't let him escape his past.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[1995]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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A retelling of the tale, set in medieval Paris, of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmaralda from being unjustly executed.
18) The hidden hero
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Disney's storytime treasures library volume 16
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Advance Publishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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Quasimodo's strange appearance frightens a family of newcomers to the city, and causes them to be suspicious that he will hurt their children. But instead he becomes the children's friend and returns them to their parents when they get lost.
20) Les miserables
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Udon Entertainment Inc
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©2014.
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English
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Adapted for stage and screen, loved by millions, Victor Hugo's classic novel of love & tragedy during the French Revolution is reborn in this fantastic new manga edition! The gorgeous art of TseMei Lee brings to life the tragic stories of Jean Valjean, Inspector Javert, and the beautiful Fantine, in this epic adaptation of Les Miserables!