（）(Les Misérables (Volume 1 and 2))

Author: (French) Victor Hugo
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Les Misérables is a long novel and a masterpiece of French Romanticist writer Victor Hugo. The work tells the story of the protagonist Jean Valjean, who stole a loaf of bread to support his sister's seven children and was sentenced to hard labor. After 19 years, he was released. Later, he was moved by Bishop Myriel and turned over a new leaf, changing his name to Madeleine, opening a factory, becoming a wealthy man, and even becoming the mayor. He took in Cosette, the illegitimate daughter of the dying worker Fantine, as his adopted child. When Cosette grew up, she met a young man with Republican ideals, Marius, in the park and fell in love at first sight. At this time, a Republican uprising broke out. Jean Valjean rescued Marius, who was injured in the barricade battle, and fulfilled the marriage of the young couple, but he himself was misunderstood for a time, fell into depression, and eventually passed away. Hugo's timeless masterpiece is a long historical narrative reflecting the social and political life of modern France. It is grand in scale, rich in color, and, with its unique charm, has forever become a magnificent sight in the hall of world literature.