Miserables : The Classic Story of the Triumph of Grace and Redemption: Adapted for Today's Readers

One of the best-selling books of all time, & the inspiration for a popular musical, Victor Hugo's Les MiserablesÓ. Its original pub. in 1862 generated more excitement -- & more controversy -- than any novel of its time. Born of the political unrest that pervaded France in the 1800s after the failure of the revolution, Les MiserablesÓ follows the lifelong journey of one man, Jean Valjean, from depravity & corruption to grace & redemption. The eclectic cast of characters Valjean meets along the way causes us to empathize with the condition of the human spirit -- from Fantine, the desperate single mother, to the cold justice of Javert, to the passion of Cosette, to the revolutionary spirit in Marius. This ed. contains language more accessible to 21st-cent. readers. Illus.Hugo, Victor is the author of 'Miserables : The Classic Story of the Triumph of Grace and Redemption: Adapted for Today's Readers', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422352007 and ISBN 1422352005.