The Novel of the Century, David Bellos
The Novel of the Century, David Bellos
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The Novel of the Century
The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables

Author: David Bellos

Narrator: David Bellos

Unabridged: 12 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/21/2017


Synopsis

Putting a century of scholarship on one of the world's most enduring popular novels into accessible, narrative form, this new approach to a classic of world literature is written for a wide general readership. Packed full of information about the book's origins and later career on stage and screen, The Novel of the Century brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d'état, and political exile; how he pulled off the deal of the century to get it published; and how he set it on course to become the novel that epitomizes the grand sweep of history in the nineteenth century. This biography of a masterpiece also shows how and why the moral and social messages of Les Misérables are full of meaning for our time.

About David Bellos

David Bellos, the Meredith Howland Pyne Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Princeton University, is an award-winning translator and biographer and the author of Is That a Fish in Your Ear? and The Novel of the Century. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucie on February 29, 2020

My heart is full (of love).......more

Goodreads review by Gina on March 21, 2023

Lively, informative, and fascinating. I couldn't help wishing this book had been available back when I was first plowing through "Les Miserables" -- it would have helped a lot. It's true that the author is rather prone to making mistakes on side issues (do not get me started on his attempt to descri......more