Les Miserables / translated by Julie Rose; with an introduction by Adam Thirlwell; annotated by James Madden.
Publisher: London : Vintage Books, 2009Description: 1330 p. 22 cm001: 15193ISBN: 9780099529965Subject(s): NovelsDDC classification: 823 HUGItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Read the masterful story of romance and revolution behind the hit BBC TV series.
Les Miserables is a novel peopled by colourful characters from the nineteenth-century Parisian underworld; the street children, the prostitutes and the criminals. In telling the story of escaped convict Jean Valjean, and his efforts to reform his ways and care for the little orphan girl he rescues from a life of cruelty, Victor Hugo drew attention to the plight of the poor and oppressed.
Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Miserables is one of the greatest stories ever told.
NOW A MAJOR BBC TV ADAPTATION STARRING DOMINIC WEST, OLIVIA COLEMAN AND DAVID OYELOWO
'There are plenty of translations of this extensive, exuberant novel that cut out anything superfluous. But God is in the detail... This is the one to read ' Jeanette Winterson
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Horn Book Review
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.There are no comments on this title.