Les misérables
by Victor Hugo.
- New York Simon & Schuster Paperbacks c2009.
- 630 p.
Introduction -- Chronology of Victor Hugo's life and work -- Historical context of Les Misérables -- Fantine -- Cosette -- Marius -- St. Denis -- Jean Valjean -- Notes -- Interpretative notes -- Critical excerpts -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for the interested reader.
Presents Victor Hugo's classic novel about convict Jean-Valjean who struggles to escape his past in a world of poverty and ignorance during the French Revolution; and includes explanatory notes, chronology of the author's life and work, critical analysis, timeline of important events, and an outline of key themes and plots.
9781416500261
Ex-convicts--Fiction. France--Fiction. Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction. Historical fiction.