Les Miserables
Published on 14. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-679-86668-8 (ISBN)
Description
The classic novel--and hit Broadway show--about escaped convict Jean Valjean has been adapted with easy-to-read text, large type, and short chapters. This engaging adaptation of the timeless tale is ideal for reluctant readers and kids not yet ready to tackle the original.
Reviews / Votes
"Rich and gorgeous. This is the [translation] to read... and if you are flying, just carry it under your arm as you board, or better still, rebook your holiday and go by train, slowly, page by page."-Jeanette Winterson, The Times (London)"[A] magnificent story... marvelously captured in this new unabridged translation by Julie Rose."-The Denver Post
"A new translation by Julie Rose of Hugo's behemoth classic that is as racy and current and utterly arresting as it should be."-Buffalo News (editor's choice)
"Vibrant and readable, idiomatic and well suited to a long narrative, [Julie Rose's new translation of Les Miserables] is closer to the captivating tone Hugo would have struck for his own contemporaries."-Diane Johnson
"A lively, dramatic, and wonderfully readable translation of one of the greatest 19th-century novels."-Alison Lurie
"Some of us may have read Les Miserables back in the day, but... between Gopnik and Rose, you'll get two introductions that will offer you all the pleasures of your college instruction with none of the pain."-The Agony Column
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From First Grade to Fourth Grade, Interest Age: From 6 to 9 years
Product notice
Paperback (digest)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
101 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-679-86668-8 (9780679866688)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Victor Hugo
Les Miserables
E-Book
06/2010
Random House Books for Young Readers
€6.49
Available for download
Persons
Victor Hugo was born in France in 1802. He published his first book of poetry when he was only twenty and later wrote several successful plays and novels, including The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables. During the 1840s, Hugo became involved in French politics. When Emperor Napoleon 111 overthrew the government in 1851, Hugo fled France. Although he did not return for almost twenty years, his passion for writing never wavered. Victor Hugo, one of the best Romantic writers of his time, died in France in 1885.