Les Miserables
Published on 31. May 2018
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-4749-3802-0 (ISBN)
Description
A reformed convict, a policeman bent on revenge and a lonely orphan come together in Victor Hugo's classic novel, vividly retold for newly independent readers by Mary Sebag-Montefiore. Lives change for the better - or for the worse - against the turmoil of revolutionary France. With internet links to find out more about the story and life in France at the time.
Chapters in this book include:
- The characters in the story
- Prologue - Who is Valjean?
- The Choice
- Cosette and Fantine
- Back to Prison
- Saving Cosette
- Cosette in Love
- The Greatness of Valjean
- Goodbye
- Background to the story
- Victor Hugo
Chapters in this book include:
- The characters in the story
- Prologue - Who is Valjean?
- The Choice
- Cosette and Fantine
- Back to Prison
- Saving Cosette
- Cosette in Love
- The Greatness of Valjean
- Goodbye
- Background to the story
- Victor Hugo
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
70 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4749-3802-0 (9781474938020)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mary Sebag-Montefiore is a best-selling children's author, whose re-tellings of classics have been published all over the world. She is the author of over 25 books and has adapted everything from Dickens to 'War and Peace'. She has also published articles on children's books academically and in the national press, and for adults, has written 'Women Writers of Children's Classics'.
"Mary Sebag-Montefiore's retellings are perhaps the best - well-written and dramatic"
The Telegraph
"Mary Sebag-Montefiore's retellings are perhaps the best - well-written and dramatic"
The Telegraph
Content
Chapters in this book include:
- The characters in the story
- Prologue - Who is Valjean?
- The Choice
- Cosette and Fantine
- Back to Prison
- Saving Cosette
- Cosette in Love
- The Greatness of Valjean
- Goodbye
- Background to the story
- Victor Hugo
- The characters in the story
- Prologue - Who is Valjean?
- The Choice
- Cosette and Fantine
- Back to Prison
- Saving Cosette
- Cosette in Love
- The Greatness of Valjean
- Goodbye
- Background to the story
- Victor Hugo