Les Misérables (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Victor Hugo
- First Published: 1862
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: c. 1815-1835
- Setting: France
- Principal Characters: Jean Valjean, Fantine, Cosette, Monsieur Javert, Marius Pontmercy, Monsieur Thenardier, Eponine Thenardier
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Justice, Revolutionaries, France or French people, Suicide, Police, Nineteenth century, Mistaken or secret identity, Obsession, Illegitimacy, Theft, Orphans or orphanages, Atonement
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story:
In 1815, in France, a man named Jean Valjean was released after nineteen years in prison. He had been sentenced to a term of five years because he stole a loaf of bread to feed his starving sister and her family, but the sentence was later increased because of his attempts to escape. During his imprisonment he astonished others by his exhibitions of unusual physical strength.
Freed at last, he started out on foot for a distant part of the country. Innkeepers refused him food and lodging because his yellow passport revealed that he was a former convict. Finally...
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