Victor Hugo
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vi, 1222 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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The complete and unabridged version of the classic Victor Hugo novel about post-Napoleonic France and the lives of the unfairly convicted Jean Valjean,the police detective Javert, who persues him and the daughter of the prostitute Fantine, named Cosette, whom he protects and loves as his own.
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Language
English
Description
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. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself...
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1516 pages ; 19 cm
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Español
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"Les mišrables (1862) es una novela publicada por Victor Hugo y est̀ considerada como una de las obras m̀s conocidas del siglo XIX. La novela, de estilo rom̀ntico, plantea a trav̌s de su argumento un razonamiento sobre el bien y el mal, sobre la ley, la pol̕tica, la ťica, la justicia y la religi̤n. El autor confes̤ que se hab̕a inspirado en Vidocq, criminal frančs que se redimi̤ y acab̤ inaugurando la Polic̕a Nacional francesa, para...