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Les Miserables (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)

by Victor Hugo (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; Abridged Ed edition (27 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140622918
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140622911
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,049 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Many of the characters are well-known: Valjean, the criminal trying to escape his reputation; Javert, the police agent trailing him; the unfortunate Fantine and her daughter, Cosette; the rascally Thenardier; and above all the splendid street urchin, Gavroche. Among the unforgettable descriptions are those of the Paris sewers, the battle of Waterloo and the fighting at the barricades during the July Revolution. There are few more complete, or more vivid, pictures of France at the beginning of the nineteenth century. LES MISERABLES is at once a thrilling narrative and a social document embracing a wider field than any other novel of its time. This edition is an abridgment of Norman Denny's translation.

About the Author
Victor Hugo (1802-85) was the most forceful, prolific and versatile French nineteenth-century novelist. He wrote Romantic costume dramas, many volumes of lyrical and satirical verse, political and other journalism, criticism and several novels.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you thought Classics were 'boring', think again, 6 Feb 2000
I decided to read 'Les Miserables' more out of a challenge to myself than anything else. I honestly thought it was going to be one of those 'boiled cabbage' books that taste pretty dull but are very good for you. I could not be more wrong. From the first chapter, I was surprised by Hugo's sense of humour and sharpness. His take on the clergy and their not-so-humble lifestyle set the tone of the book and acted as a promise that it wasn't going to be a 'tour de force' of morals and religion.

And then it just got better, and better, and better. The plot had more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie's novel, the characters far more rounded than the two-dimensional figurines one encounters in Dickens' writing. These characters are memorable. Jean Valejan, Cosette, Marius, the evil Javert: I dare you readers to find a book in which the characters become so alive, so vivid, so intense and so human. By the end of the book (almost 1000 pages of!)you just don't want to let them go. I frantically read and read for days until, almost at the end, I slowed down and tried to make it last a little bit longer, and yes, when the last page was turned, I felt totally and utterly BEREFT. Les Miserables is a story that will stay with me forever. If classics ever put you off, do yourself a favour, and read this wonderful novel.

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72 of 77 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Warning!, 12 Jul 2003
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This particular book is the ABRIDGED edition! This is fine if you are happy to read the 'lite' version as seen in the musical show. If you want to read the more complex and fascinating book that Hugo actually wrote make sure you are getting the whole thing!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, 16 Jan 2002
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This review is from: Miserables, Les (Everyman's Library Classics) (Hardcover)
This book is complexly written and with extremely diverse vocabulary - both in english and in the french excerpts within this book. The theme of sorrow is developed and converged from various angles in an elegant portrayal that recurs on several ocassions. The overall result: thought provoking self-diagnoses that leaves the reader inspired (if not over-whelmed) by the author's vivid imagination. The author has delicately intertwined religion, politics, love, vengeance, suspense, sorrow and various other themes in an altogether historic France...simply beautiful. Indeed one of the greatest books ever written.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down!
I loved the musical 'Les miserables' so i thought i would read the book to see if they stayed true to it.They had.
As soon as i read the first page - i was hooked! Read more
Published 4 months ago by E. White

5.0 out of 5 stars If you only read one classic in your life - it must be Les Miserables
Persevere with this wonderful book. It is written in the style of all 19th century fiction and can seem wordy and even verbose to 21st century readers, but it is a treasure that... Read more
Published 8 months ago by David

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Citizens, our nineteenth century is great, but the twentieth century will be happy'
Not the greatest prediction in history perhaps, but Victor Hugo's monumental Romantic epic still remains one of the best known and most popular works of the nineteenth century. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Trevor Coote

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I've read thus far.
For those intimidated by the length and epic scale of Hugo's magnum opus, you need not be afraid. Whilst reading Les Misérables I was pleasantly surprised by the fluidity and pace... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Boz

5.0 out of 5 stars a lifetime marsterpiece
I read this book for the first time after being told about the story by a teacher, when I was 13. None of my family thought I would comprehend such a huge and intense book at such... Read more
Published 16 months ago by C. J. Jayne

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, except for the digressions
What can I say about this mammoth novel, which has taken me longer to read than any other book of fiction while still reading at least some pages every day? Read more
Published 17 months ago by John Hopper

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Classic Novel By Hugo
Les Misérables is a suberb classical novel which has stood the test of time. It's cleverly composed prose juxtaposed with the plot place it in the category of the all-time greats... Read more
Published 23 months ago by R. McMullen

5.0 out of 5 stars A great literary masterpiece and a fine French history lesson!
Les Miserables is justifiably known as a great literary masterpiece. However, I had hitherto neither read the book nor seen the show. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2007 by Geoffrey Woollard

1.0 out of 5 stars Abridged!
My 'rating' isn't for this first-class story; it's the way this book is presented. I know, in the detail, it mentions that it's abridged, but this should be made clearer in the... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2007 by KT

5.0 out of 5 stars Life Changing Awesome Book
This my "one book to read in a life time" book. My pretty much unreserved recommendation is based upon some great characterisation, a following narrative style and great story... Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2006 by Lark

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