Les Misérables Biography or a performance to a

or a performance to a group of people

Written during an upsurge of class struggle in the region in the 1970s

An award-winning YA novel full of fast cars

Resonant with the confusions of existence

The story follows the 17 years of her second marriage

Les Misérables Biography or a performance to aA brilliant new translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat by his own conscience, and by the relentless investigations of the dogged