ISBN: 141650026X
Les Miserables (Enriched Classics)
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A read copy that remains in clean condition.
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A read copy that remains in clean condition.
Book Overview
The first new Penguin Classics translation in forty years of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, the subject of The Novel of the Century by David Bellos--published in a stunning Deluxe edition. Winner of the French-American Foundation & Florence Gould Foundation's 29th Annual Translation Prize in Fiction. The subject of the world's longest-running musical and the award-winning film, Les Mis rables is a genuine literary treasure. Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism, and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him, and has been a perennial favorite since it first appeared over 150 years ago. This exciting new translation with Jillian Tamaki's brilliant cover art will be a gift both to readers who have already fallen for its timeless story and to new readers discovering it for the first time. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. This description may be from another edition of this product.
- Format:
- Mass Market Paperback
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 141650026X
- Release Date:
- May 2005
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Length:
- 656 Pages
- Weight:
- 0.71 lbs.
- Dimensions:
- 6.8″ × 1.0″ × 4.2″
Related Subjects
More by Victor Hugo
""If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away,"" the larger-than-life Victor Hugo once confessed. Indeed, this 19th-century French master's works -- from the epic drama Les Misérables to the classic unrequited love story The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- have spanned the ages, their themes of morality and redemption ever applicable to our times.
![[Classic Starts: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame: Retold from the Victor Hugo Original] [Author: Retold from the Victor Hugo original] [April, 2008]](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.thriftbooks.com%2Fapi%2Fimagehandler%2Fs%2F94156BAE993355599D24ACA041BB643C70D58B80.jpeg&w=384&q=75)
Customer Reviews
Not the actual novel — was an abridged kids version.
I bought the hardcover in “new” condition and received an abridged kids version. Do not purchase the new version with bright blue backing. It is incorrect.
1
Inspiring
Arrived quickly and in good quality; one of the most lovely pieces of literature ever written. Unabridged copy.
2
Excellent
When I bought this book, I had already read the full version of Les Miserables- Which is AMAZING, by the way. This version cuts out the descriptions of both the covent and Waterloo which rather improved it. Those parts are still very good writing; but when I want to find out what happens next to Jean Valjean and Cosette and instead I get 100 pages telling me about this convent, well, It gets a tad frusterating. Especially since you can't tell whether it's important or not. (and believe me, it isn't.) So, those cuts were good. However, I was very disapointed at the cut of a lot of Marius's love letter to Cosette. The editors kept a few lines, but it loses the flow and beauty of the original letter. Yes, I know the letter was four pages to begin with, but I still think that it's worth reading. On the whole, this version is worth buying, as the story isn't hurt at all by the cuts. But the original version is still worth reading.
12
Long but worth the read
I have had the CD of the Original London Cast Musical of Les Miserable for about 10 years and have been a huge fan but nothing could prepare me for the book which although a long and hard read, is the most amazing book I have ever read. Everyone has something to learn from it and if you are looking for a reason to read it heres a reason: in the words of the great Victor Hugo himself : "As long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books like this can never be useless."
5
Worth every minute, every page, every accolade it gets
Bar none, Les Mis is the BEST book I have ever read. I don't usually like very descriptive writers (i.e. Thomas Hardy), but even the in-depth writing of the French Revolution kept me glued. I carried this book with me everywhere and read every minute I could. I truly felt Valjean's emotions through Hugo's writing, and I was rooting for Marius and Cosette even though I already knew the story! The best book ever written.
8
A nice companion to "The story of Miss Saigon..."
At times this lovely book gets a little slow, but the more than sufficient cast photos and full libretto make up for the lacking of quantity...I only wish Eddie had written this one after "The Concert." The comments would have been limitless. Did we HEAR Lea Salonga? Genius...pure genius.
1
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