Books with title Les Miserables, a novel

[Library Edition Audio CD in Vinyl case] This is an *ABRIDGED* reading of Les Miserables. It is read by Christopher Cazenove and it is part of the 'Classics Read by Celebrities' audiobook series. Victor Hugo's masterpiece of adventure, rebellion, and human redemption burst onto the French literary scene in 1862. It remains a classic of political upheaval and social oppression, as experience by individuals whose life-and-death struggles touch our hearts. Christopher Cazenove's reading brings to life such memorable characters as the saintly Bishop, the orphaned Cosette, and Jean Valjean, the former convict who struggles to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity. Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Miserables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert. Hugo describes early nineteenth-century France with a sweeping power that gives his novel epic stature. Among the most famous chapters are the account of the battle of Waterloo and Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers.This is an abridged version of the compelling novel that shook the literary world.

A Joss Recording Few novels ever hit with such impact as LES MISERABLES. Within 24 hours, the first Paris edition was sold out. In other great cities of the world it was devoured with equal relish. Sensational, dramatic and passionate, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of Jean-Valjean, a convict struggling to escape his past, became a gospel of the poor and oppressed. This recording has been abridged.

The soon-to-be-released motion picture stars Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean, whose petty theft condemns him to an unjust prison sentence and life on the run. His luck changes when he meets a priest. And through his compassion for Fantine (Uma Thurman) and his care for the poor inhabitants of a small town, he is able to transform himself. The story comes to a climactic end on the streets of Paris during the explosive July Revolution. February publication date. 4 cassettes. .