Les Misérables

Title: Les Misérables See all items with this value
Creator: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 See all items with this value
Date Created: 1862, trans. 1887
Relation: “A Mass of Lightning in One Clap of Thunder” / Les Misérables
Contributor: Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928
Date: 2024 See all items with this value
Description: Les Misérables is a French historical novel centering around the life of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean. The novel begins in 1815 and chronicles Valjean’s life up until 1833. The June Rebellion of 1832 becomes central to the narrative in the later sections of the book, emphasizing the struggle of the lower classes under the reign of King Louis Philippe I. The novel has remained popular since its publication. 

In the preface to this novel, Hugo writes, “[S]o long as social asphyxia is possible in any part of the world – in other words, and with a still wider significance, so long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Misérables cannot fail to be of use.” The novel focuses thematically on systemic injustice, love, and social progress, and it furthermore reflects heavily on the systems in 19th-century France that caused inequity.

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