Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Summary

"Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo is a French epic historical novel published in 1862. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, it follows ex-convict Jean Valjean's struggle for redemption. The novel explores the nature of law and grace, examining themes of justice, poverty, and love through the lives of interconnected characters in nineteenth-century France. Considered one of the greatest novels of its century, it depicts society's most downtrodden members and their fight for dignity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

• Epic literature
• Ex-convicts — Fiction
• Historical fiction
• Orphans — Fiction
• Paris (France) — Fiction

Bookshelves

• Banned Books from Anne Haight's list
• Classics of Literature
• French Literature
• Historical Novels
• Novels
• Historical Fiction

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