The first volume of five that comprise Victor Hugo's masterpiece Les Miserables. Each volume is lightweight-a more friendly and convenient approach than a 1,200-page version; and legible-no squinting required. The five books that complete this set can be found at the following links: Volume One:Fantine - http://www.amazon.com/product/dp/1449565468/ Volume Two:Cosette - http://www.amazon.com/product/dp/1449565530/ Volume Three:Marius - http://www.amazon.com/product/dp/1449565573/ Volume Four:Saint-Denis - http://www.amazon.com/product/dp/144956562X/ Volume Five:Jean Valjean - http://www.amazon.com/product/dp/1449565646/...

A world-famous classic novel is the basis for this brand-new, dramatically illustrated book. Transformed from Victor Hugo’s original text into a graphic novel, this, like other Graphic Classics editions, makes a good introduction for young readers to the imaginative riches of literature. These books contain many extra features, including brief biographies of their authors, a list of each author’s important works, a glossary, and an index. Suitable for classroom use as introductions to literature for junior and senior high school students, these graphic novels entertain young readers while introducing them to the works of renowned literary artists. Full-color illustrations throughout. Retold here is the tragic story of Quasimodo, the hunchback bell tender of Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, and his struggle to save Esmerelda, a girl falsely accused of a crime she did not commit....

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

Les Misérables is at once a tense thriller that contains one of the most compelling chase scenes in literature (a pursuit through the sewers of Paris), an epic portrayal of the 19th-century French citizenry, and a vital drama of the redemption of one human being.

Now Columbia/TriStar and Mandalay Entertainment bring this masterpiece--a longtime favorite on Broadway--to the screen in the grand style of an old-fashioned Hollywood epic with an all-star cast. The film, starring Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman and Claire Danes, is sure to be a hit when it opens this spring. Our official Everyman's Library tie-in edition brings Victor Hugo to the Library for the first time....

Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.


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Unforgettable characters, a spellbinding plot, and a magnificent setting combine to create Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Enhanced by Tim Conrad's haunting illustrations, this classic tale is one of love, conflict, and spiritual truth in medieval Paris....

This series features classic tales retold with attractive color illustrations. Educators using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system adapted each title. Each 70-page, softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics....

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An ex-convict struggles for redemption in the punishing world of post-Napoleonic France.

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SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

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In this major new rendition by the acclaimed translator Julie Rose, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is revealed in its full, unabridged glory. A favorite of readers for nearly 150 years, this stirring tale of crime, punishment, justice, and redemption pulses with life. Featuring such unforgettable characters as the quintessential prisoner of conscience Jean Valjean, the relentless police detective Javert, and the tragic prostitute Fantine and her innocent daughter, Cosette, Hugo’s epic novel sweeps readers from the French provinces to the back alleys of Paris, and from the battlefield of Waterloo to the bloody ramparts of Paris during the uprising of 1832. With an Introduction by Adam Gopnik, this Modern Library edition is an outstanding translation of a masterpiece that continues to astonish and entertain readers around the world....

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III SOUND, BUT NOT SAFE. GILLIATT had not expected to find only a part of the ship left. Nothing in the account given by the captain of the " Shealtiel" had led him to anticipate this division of the vessel in the centre. It was probable that the "frightful crash" heard by the captain of the " Shealtiel" had marked the moment when this destruction had taken place under the blows of a tremendous sea. The captain had borne off a little doubtless just before this last heavy squall; and what he had taken for a huge wave was probably a waterspout. Later, when he drew near again to observe the wreck, he had only been able to see the stern of the vessel, the remainder, — that is to say, the large opening where the forepart had given way, — having been concealed from him by huge masses of rock. With that exception, the information given by the cap tain of the " Shealtiel" was strictly correct. The hull was useless, but the engine remained intact. Such cases are common in the history of shipwrecks. The logic of disaster at sea is beyond human science. The masts, having snapped off short, had fallen over the side; the smoke-stack was not even bent. The thick iron plating which supported the machinery had kept it together. The planks of the paddle-boxes were disjointed, like the slats of wooden shutters; but through the apertures thus made the paddles themselves could beseen in good condition. A few of their floats only were missing. The huge stern capstan had escaped destruction as well as the machinery. Its chain was there, and, thanks to its firm fixture in a frame of joists, might still be of service, unless the strain of the voyal should break away the planking. The floor of the deck bent at almost every point, and seemed unsafe throughout. On the other hand......

Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.


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