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  • I first started this book in about eighth grade and it took me a year of off and on reading to get through it. I still enjoyed it but when I reread it at 19 I appreciated all the divergences. I knew why he talked about certain characters and the details about France at that time really interested ... Continue

    I first started this book in about eighth grade and it took me a year of off and on reading to get through it. I still enjoyed it but when I reread it at 19 I appreciated all the divergences. I knew why he talked about certain characters and the details about France at that time really interested me. It may be hard to get through, at least the first time, but I believe this book is worth the effort.

    

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  • Few novels ever swept the world with such overpowering impact as Les Miserables. Within twenty-four hours of its publication in 1862. the first Paris edition was sold out. In other great cities throughout the world, it was davoured with equal relish.

    Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich exc ... Continue

    Few novels ever swept the world with such overpowering impact as Les Miserables. Within twenty-four hours of its publication in 1862. the first Paris edition was sold out. In other great cities throughout the world, it was davoured with equal relish.

    Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Miserables is not only a superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean Valjean struggles to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed. One of the greatest works in Western literature, Les Miserables is an exhilerating and deeply profound reading experience.

    

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Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.


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