Os Miseráveis 1 by Victor Hugo
Set in early 19th-century France, the first volume follows a hardened ex-convict who, transformed by a bishop’s unexpected mercy, adopts a new identity and rises to respectability as a factory owner and mayor while being shadowed by a relentless inspector; he encounters the tragic downfall of a young working-class woman whose illegitimate daughter is cruelly exploited by unscrupulous innkeepers, and, moved by conscience, he vows to rescue the child, confronting legal dangers, social injustice, and the moral conflict between his past and his desire to redeem both himself and those crushed by poverty.
The 16734th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1862
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- French
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(4.0)
- Alternate Titles
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- Les Misérables
- Los Miserables
- Os Miseráveis
- The Wretched
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