LesMiserables

Amonumentalclassicandoneofthemostwidelyreadnovelsinhistory，LesMisérablesportraystheepicstrugglebetweengoodandevilinthesoulofoneman：JeanValjean.Inaworldbrutalizedbypovertyandignorance，theex-convictstrugglestorenewhislifeandreaffirmhishumanity.Butheishaunted，bothbyhisseeminglyinescapablepastandthemalignantshadowoftheinfamouspolicedetectiveJavert.Richindetail，packedwithadventure，andfilledwiththesweepofhumanpassions，LesMisérablesismorethanaliterarymasterpiece—itremainsapowerfulsocialdocument.Dedicatedtothepoor，theoppressed，andthemisunderstood，thiscaptivatingnovelcapturestheimpossiblesocietallayers—andtheessenceoflife—asittrulyexistedinnineteenth-centuryFrance.Thisfineeditionfeaturestherenownedoriginaltranslationandasensitiveabridgment.，