Les Misérables, v. 5/5: Jean Valjean by Victor Hugo

"Les Misérables, v. 5/5: Jean Valjean" by Victor Hugo is the final volume of an epic historical novel first published in 1862. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion, the novel follows ex-convict Jean Valjean's struggle for redemption. This masterwork explores justice, grace, love, and moral philosophy through interconnected lives of the downtrodden. Hugo examines poverty's degradation, society's condemnation, and humanity's journey from darkness to light—a progress from injustice to justice, corruption to life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
Translator Wraxall, Lascelles, Sir, 1828-1865
Title Les Misérables, v. 5/5: Jean Valjean
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables
Credits Produced by Laura Natal & Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Hathi Trust.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Orphans -- Fiction
Subject Paris (France) -- Fiction
Subject Epic literature
Subject Ex-convicts -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 48735
Release Date
Last Update Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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