Les miserables
Set between 1815 and 1832, this is the story of how the convict Jean Valjean struggles to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance.
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| Historical fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0143123599
- ISBN: 9780143123590
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Physical Description
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1231 pages - Publisher New York : Penguin Group(USA), 2012.
- Copyright ©1976
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published 1862"--T. p. verso. "Now a major motion picture"--Cover. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.63 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
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The Horn Book Review
Les Miserables
The Horn Book
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Plot point follows plot point in these fast-paced adaptations. With scant space allotted for character development or setting, the tales seem to be little more than a collection of elaborate coincidences. Jane Eyre holds up best. Les Miserables is simply too large for such a brief treatment, and Martin's propensity for choppy sentences makes a hash of Oliver Twist. [Review covers these Stepping Stone Book Classic titles: Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and Les Miserables.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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