Les misérables

Description:

In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert--Hugo achieves the sort of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre.

subjects: Poverty,  Fiction,  Readers,  Ex-convicts,  History,  Historical fiction,  French fiction,  Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author),  Orphans,  Literature and fiction (general),  Classic Literature,  Fiction, political,  Social conditions,  Social life and customs,  Franse fiksie,  Leesboeke,  Franse taal,  French language,  Open Library Staff Picks,  Stuttering,  freedom,  redemption,  prison,  bread,  barricade,  Politics and government,  Police,  Vida social y costumbres,  Presos,  Policía,  Ficción,  Huérfanos,  Epic fiction,  Manners and customs,  Unterschicht,  French language materials,  French literature,  Music, instruction and study,  Fiction, fantasy, epic,  Suo xie,  Chang pian xiao shuo,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Rescue work, fiction,  Police, fiction,  Romance literature,  Ex-détenus,  Romans, nouvelles,  Mœurs et coutumes,  Criminals,  Prisoners,  Prisonniers,  Fugitives from justice,  British Lithography,  Specimens,  Lithography,  Printing,  Escapes,  Adopted children,  Malicious accusation,  Culture

People: Jean Valjean,  Javert,  Javier Peñalosa

Places: Toulon,  (France),  Paris (France),  Toulon Prison,  Fa guo

Times: 19th century,  1815,  1832,  Siglo XIX,  July Revolution, 1830,  Jin dai