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. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. A compelling and compassionate view of the victim of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Miserables is a novel on an epic scale, moving inexorably from the eve of the battle of Waterloo to the July Revolution of 1830.
