Les Misrables, Victor Hugo Translated by Charles E. Wilbour
Les Misrables, Victor Hugo Translated by Charles E. Wilbour
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Les Misrables

Author: Victor Hugo; Translated by Charles E. Wilbour

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 57 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2009

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Misrables follows the adventures of Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who was imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sisters starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, Valjean is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector, Javert.Hugo describes early nineteenthcentury France with a sweeping power that gives his novel epic stature. Among the most famous chapters are an account of the battle of Waterloo and a description of Valjeans flight through the Paris sewers.

Reviews

Les Misérables can be translated from the French into "The Miserable Ones", "The Wretched", "The Poor Ones", "The Wretched Poor" or "The Victims". So, as you will have concluded, this is not a happy book. In fact, it is the very opposite of fluffy happiness. It is a story about the lowest and darkest......more

هناك لحظات تكون فيها النفس جاثية على ركبتيها مهما كان وضع الجسد"وفي السجن تزداد مرارتك و يسود قلبك في كل انواع"السجن"التي نرتمي وراء قضبانها"باختيارنا"سيزداد ظلام ارواحنا فما بالك لو سجنت 19سنة لسرقتك رغيف خبز؟ ☆خير تعمل شر تلقى☆ حسنا هذه احدى الكلاسيكيات العتيدة التي احقد عليها لانها"بوظت دماغي"..عند......more

Goodreads review by Steven

Simplemente maravilloso. He tardado más de tres meses en realizar esta reseña. Desde que finalicé la lectura en marzo, estoy escribiendo distintos borradores para intentar expresar todo lo que sentí leyendo esta obra maestra. El problema, es que en mi cabeza tengo tantos pensamientos y reflexiones......more