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Les Misérables: Complete in Five Volumes (Premium Edition)
Les Misrables Complete in Five Volumes - Premium Edition Author:Victor Hugo Les Misérables (1862) is a novel by French author Victor Hugo, and considered to be among the best-known novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty-year period in the early 19th century, starting in the year of Napoleon's final defeat. The novel principally focuses on the struggle... more »s of the main character, ex-convict Jean Valjean, as he seeks to redeem himself from his past mistakes. It also provides social commentary by examining the impact of Valjean's actions: and it examines the nature of good, evil, and the law, in a sweeping story that expounds upon the history of France, architecture of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, antimonarchism, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love.« less