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Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Misérables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert. Hugo describes early nineteenth-century France with a sweeping power that gives his novel epic stature. Among the most famous chapters are the account of the battle of Waterloo and Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers.
This is an Abridged EditionVictor Hugo began writing Les Miserables twenty years before its eventual publication in 1862. Les Miserables is primarily a great humanitarian work that encourages compassion and hope in the face of adversity and injustice. It is also a historical novel of great scope, and provides a detailed vision of nineteenth-century French politics and society. Hugo hoped Les Miserables would encourage a more progressive and democratic future. Hugo wrote Les Miserables with a literary and political revolution in mind.Les Miserables emphasizes the three major predicaments of the nineteenth century. Each of the three major characters in the novel symbolizes one of these predicaments: Jean Valjean represents the degradation of man in the proletariat, Fantine represents the subjection of women through hunger, and Cosette represents the atrophy of the child by darkness.
The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.
Les Miserables is a romantic novel packed with revealing incidents of slum life and poverty in 19th-century France. The core of the book deals with Jean Valjean, a criminal who serves as an example of the misery and contradictions of society with which Victor Hugo was especially concerned. Les Miserables is both a powerful social document and an extremely interesting and dramatic narrative, which is the culmination of 14 years' work and Hugo's masterpiece.
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After stealing bread to feed his starving sister, Jean is imprisoned. Upon his release, he returns to a life of crime until the benevolent Bishop Myriel takes him in. The bishop encourages Jean to become an honest man and perform good deeds. Taking the bishop's advice to heart, Jean exemplifies kindness by taking in the young, destitute Collette in the midst of the French Revolution.
The nineteenth-century Frenchman's epic work which depicts the life of Jean Valjean, a reformed convict who has dedicated his life to helping others.
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Les Miserables is set in the Parisian underworld. The protagonist, Jean Valjean, is sentenced to prison for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. After his release, Valjean plans to rob monseigneur Myriel, a saint-like bishop, but cancels his plan. However, he forfeits his parole by committing a minor crime, and for this crime Valjean is haunted by the police inspector Javert. Valjean eventually reforms and becomes, under the name of M. Madeleine, a successful businessman, benefactor, and mayor of a northern town. To save an innocent man, Valjean gives himself up and is imprisoned in Toulon. He escapes and adopts Cosette, an illegitimate child of a poor woman, Fantine. Cosette grows up and falls in love with Marius, who is wounded during a revolutionary fight. Valjean rescues Marius by means of a flight through the sewers of Paris. All seems headed for a happy ending until Javert shows up again and this leads to an incredible climax.
Les misérables d'après l'oeuvre de Victor Hugo
"Les Miserables is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. First published in France in 1862, it is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly bishop changes his life. His righteous actions change people's lives in surprising ways and culminate in romance between two young people. Now available as part of the Word Cloud Classics series, Les Miserables is a must-have addition to the libraries of all classic literature lovers. "--
"Story of the ex-convict Jean Valjean, who escapes prison and tries to turn his life around, but cannot escape his past"--
Epic literature
Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Miserables is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.
Historical fiction
Hugo's story of escaped convict Jean Valjean, who is aided by a good bishop and prusued relentlessly by the fanatical Inspector Javert, expresses the author's humanitairan interest in the suffering of the common people.
Against the stirring background of the French Revolution, we follow the tale of Jean Valjean as he encounters first the savage injustice of the law, and then the gentleness and grace of God.
After nineteen years in prison, Jean Valjean has difficulty adjusting to the outside world, where is scorned and shunned.
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An epic tale of love, honor and obsession, a powerful social documentary of how Jean Valjean struggles to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity -- container.
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Hugo's classic tale of the ex-convict Valjean, whose attempts at a normal life are disrupted by the fanatical police inspector Javert, and the French Revolution.
Een voormalig galeislaaf probeert eerlijk te leven, ondanks de barre omstandigheden voor de armen in Frankrijk in het begin van de 19e eeuw. Met verschillende oefeningen en woordverklaringen in het Frans.
This classic reveals incidents of slum life and poverty in nineteenth-century France, as a man in Paris serves nineteen years in jail for stealing bread to feed his starving nephews.
In this epic, set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, an honest peasant is dogged by an implacable "justice" in the person of a fanatical police inspector who pursues him for most of his lifetime, even in flight through the sewers of Paris.
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Set in the Parisian underworld of the 1800s, Les Miserables follows the adventures of Jean Valjean, an honest peasant imprisoned for nineteen years. A hardened criminal upon his release, an act of compassion causes him to change his ways. Haunted by his past, Valjean is pursued relentlessly by the Inspector Javert, who does not believe in moral redemption.
Story of Jean-Valjean, a convict struggling to escape his past, that became a gospel for the poor and oppressed.
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The story of Jean Valjean, the woodcutter who is accused of stealing food and is imprisoned for 19 years. The battle of Waterloo and the French Revolution serve as backdrops for his travails as he is hunted by Inspector Javert.
Les Misérables
"Les Misérables "raconté aux enfants" vous permet de vous plonger dans cette aventure grâce à Guy Tréjan (Molière du meilleur comédien 1991) qui raconte l'histoire dans une mise en scène sonore de plus de 2 heures regroupant vingt grands comédiens.
Story of Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean.
Les Miserables
Les Miséables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime", and assassination for a few sous is all in a day's work. We weep with the unlucky and heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades; but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert.
A great humanitarian work that encourages compassion and hope in the face of adversity and injustice.
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Trying to forget his past and live an honest life, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris.
It is the story of Jean Valjean, a convict that was unjustly imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. After being released, Valjean tries to escape from his past full of depravation and badness to live a normal and honest life. However, his past returns when inspector Javert recognizes him, and begins obsessively to pursue Valjean to put him back in prinson. This pursuit consumes the life of both men, and concludes in an unexpected end.
Set in the Parisian underworld of the early nineteenth century, Les Misérables follows the adventures of Jean Valjean, once an honest peasant, who was imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened and bitter criminal upon his release, Valjean is transformed when an act of compassion by a priest he robbed saves him from returning to prison. Changing his identity and his ways, Valjean becomes a successful industrialist and eventually the town mayor. Taking compassion on the poor, he raises the orphaned daughter of a prostitute as his own, never telling her of his shady past. Yet he is haunted by it, still pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert, who does not believe in moral redemption. When Valjean's daughter, Cosette, falls in love with a young revolutionary, Javert concocts a plot to catch both the lawless peasants and the elusive Valjean once and for all. Full of suspense, romance, and powerful social commentary, this sweeping epic became the gospel of the oppressed and is widely considered one of the greatest French novels of its age.
Jean Valjean is an ex-convict on the run, hunted by Inspector Javert, a police agent with a ruthless conscience. Their world encompasses a broad section of the outcasts, rejects and rebels of early 19th-century Paris society, as events take in a tour of the city's sewers, the battle of Waterloo and the July Revolution.
After nineteen years in prison, Jean Valjean has difficulty adjusting to the outside world, which scorns and shuns him.
A classic of political upheaval and social oppression, as experienced by individuals whose life-and-death struggles touch our hearts.
The story of Jean Valjean, the woodcutter who is accused of stealing food and is imprisoned for 19 years.
"Audiobook dramatized in Spanish based on the original story of Victor Hugo ... It is the story of Jean Valjean, a convict who was unjustly imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. After being released, Valjean tries to escape from his past full of depravation and badness to live a normal and honest life. However, his past returns when Inspector Javert recognizes him, and begins obsessively to pursue Valjean to put him back in prison. This pursuit consumes the life of both men, and concludes in an unexpected end ..."--Container.
The story begins with a desparate and starving Jean Valjean, a peasant who steals a loaf of bread. He is caught and condemned to life as a confict. Set against a background of war and political unrest, Valjean's escape, his pursuit by the detective Javert, and his determination to fulfil Fantine's dying wish that he look after her daughter Cosette, remains a vivid and moving story.
The story of the peasant Jean Valjean, imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, who is pursued by Inspector Javert.
Against the stirring background of the French Revolution, Jean Valjean first encounters the savage injustice of the law, then the gentleness and grace of God. This masterpiece about an ex-convict's escape from his past -- and the redeeming power of forgiveness -- has enthralled audiences worldwide as a great novel ... a major motion picture ... and a blockbuster musical play ... Radio Theatre takes advantage of award-winning voice actors, orchestral musical scores, motion-picture quality sound design, and riveting scripts to unveil finished products that have earned such coveted awards as the George Foster Peabody, the Audie Award, and the Parent's Choice Award -- to name just a few.
Vous marchez sur la route avec l'ancien forçat Jean Valjean, vous poursuivez implacablement votre ennemi avec l'inspecteur de police, Javert, vous souffrez avec Cosette enfant, vous pénétrez dans le taudis sordide des Thénardier, vous marchez dans les égouts de Paris, vous échappez à un guet-apents, vous êtes sur les barricades de Paris insurgé, vous connaissez le bonheur parfait avec Cosette et Marius.
After stealing bread to feed his starving sister, Jean is imprisoned. Upon his release, he returns to a life of crime until the benevolent Bishop Myriel takes him in. The Bishop encourages Jean to become an honest man and perform good deeds. Taking the Bishop's advice to heart, Jean exemplifies kindness by taking in the young, destitute Collette.
Against the background of the French Revolution, follow the tale of Jean Valjean as he encounters the savage injustice of the law--and then the gentleness and grace of God.
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Los miserables una novela de conciencia social
When poverty drives Jean Valjean to steal a loaf of bread from a baker's window, it is an action that will haunt him for the rest of his life. A citizen of post-revolutionary France, he is sentenced to 19 years' hard labour. On his release, his fortunes change and he becomes a respectable businessman and member of society, and yet his past continues to dog him in the form of the sadistic Inspector Javert, who seems determined to pursue Valjean to the grave. A student uprising is gaining momentum in Paris, and barricades are being built around the city. Valjean's adopted daughter, Cosette, has fallen in love with the young revolutionary Marius, and the lives of all three are in peril unless they can flee to safety. Some of the most significant moments in 19th Century history form the backdrop for Victor Hugo's powerful story, in which love and heroism march in the face of poverty and social injustice.
Les Misérables is primarily a great humanitarian work that encourages compassion and hope in the face of adversity and injustice. It is also a historical novel of great scope, and provides a detailed vision of nineteenth-century French politics and society.
Comment un homme mystérieux, aux multiples identités peut-il devenir le bienfaiteur d'une petite orpheline? Jena Valjean, ex-galérien tire la petite Cosette des griffes des Thénardier tenant ainsi sa promesse faite à Fantine, à l'heure de sa mort. Traqué par Javert, il se réfugie dans un couvent où Cosette sera élevée. Devenue une belle jeune fille elle tombe amoureuse d'un certain Marius et Jean Valjean va s'effacer peu à peu devant leur amour. Dans le Paris tourmenté des barricades de 1830, Hugo met en scène la misère de la société de l'époque inscrivant le tout dans une véritable page de l'Histoire. Vivez toutes les intrigues grâce à l'enregistrement du texte et les activités qui vous feront entrer au cœur de ces conflits chers à l'auteur. - Back cover.
Set in the 19th century, the story of one man's fight against prejudice and injustice in France.
A classic work of literature which aims to exhibit the unfortunate and criminal classes of Paris in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Audiolibro dramatizado en español basado en la historia original de Victor Hugo. Catalogada como la primera novela social de su época, Los miserables es una de obras literarias las más famosas de todos los tiempos. Es la historia de Jean Valdean, un convicto que estuvo injustamente encarcelado por 19 años por haberse robado una rebanada de pan. Al ser liberado de su injusta condena. Valjean trata de escapar de su pasado, lleno de maldad y depravación, para vivir una vida digna y honesta. Sin embargo, esto se va truncado asl ser reconocido por el instpector Javert, quien lo persigue obsesionadamente para enviarlo de nuevo a prisión. Esta persecución consume la vida de ambos hombres, terminando en un inesperado desenlace.
Moral dilemmas abound in this melodramatic novel set in France between 1815 and 1832. A heartless justice system burdens the poor, even those wretches who steal only one loaf of bread to ward off starvation. Such is the pitiful plight of Jean Valjean the strong hero and moral giant of this story. Even worse, a dying mother, racked by tuberculosis, sells her body to buy medicine for her sick child. Miserable, desperate poor folks suffer the full prosecution of the law and the eternal pursuit of the police. Is justice without compassion, still justice? To the barricades you miserables, you have nothing to lose but your tears!
Hugo's famous story of Paris, through the eyes of its most colorful and interesting characters Hugo's vibrant portrait of the characters in late eighteenth century Paris is a world-famous story, which has also been made into an award-winning musical. Jean Valjean, an ex-convict, tries to turn his life around for the sake of his adopted daughter, Cosette. Set in turbulent times, this reading by Michael Jayston of this classic tale is a bustling and thrilling trip for a listener through the streets and cafes of a Paris finding its feet and losing its head.
Jean-Valjean is an ex-convict on the run. Hunted by Inspector Javert, a police agent with a ruthless conscience. Their world encompasses a broad section of the outcasts, rejects and rebels of early 19th-century Paris society, as events take in a tour of the city's sewers, the Battle of Waterloo and the July revolution.
The story of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean.
History
Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Misérables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert.
This vast, magnificent tapestry set against the background of post-Napoleonic France is a potent social document of the poverty, ignorance, and brutality of man. "Les Miserables" is also a rousing adventure from the leader of the French Romantic movement.
France Social life and customs 19th century Fiction.
Paris (France) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction.