Les Misérables | Characters
Les Miserables is the story of four people: Bishop Myriel, Valjean, Fantine, and Marius, who meet, part, then meet again during the most agitated decades of nineteenth-century France. It also tells the story of the 1832 revolution and describes the unpleasant side of Paris. The novel is in essence a plea for humane treatment of the poor and for equality among all citizens.
The year is 1815 and Napoleon has just been defeated at Waterloo. Charles Myriel, the Bishop of Digne, is a kind and generous man who gives Jean Valjean aid when everyone else refuses him. Searching for...
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