by Victor Hugo · Mestas Ediciones, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418765711
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Les Misérables, the novel by the exceptional Victor Hugo, is one of the most famous literary works of all time. Although belonging to the romantic movement, it has been cataloged as the first social novel of its time. It tells the story of Jean Valjean, a convict unjustly imprisoned for almost 20 years for stealing bread for his family. After being released, Valjean tries to escape his past to live a dignified and honest life, but society marginalizes him and he is forced to commit crimes again. He manages to get rich and adopts a new identity, but the relentless policeman Javert forces him to undertake a permanent escape that will lead him to hide in a convent and even participate in the barricades of revolutionary Paris in 1832, always seeking justice for himself and for others that is denied to him… Love, misery and justice are the themes that structure this masterpiece, which is presented here in a careful illustrated edition with more than 250 engravings.
French novelist, poet and dramatist, leading figure of Romanticism and author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
