Les miserables

by Monica Kulling, Victor Hugo

Genres: Classics, Fiction

Nook

About the author

Monica Kulling was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She received a BA in creative writing from the University of Victoria. Monica Kulling has published twenty-six fiction and nonfiction books for children, including picture books, poetry, and biographies. She is best known for introducing biography to children just learning to read and has written about Harriet Tubman, Houdini, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Amelia Earhart among others. Monica Kulling lives in Toronto, Canada.

Reviews

[Lucretius · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recently reread this. Yes, there are potentially frustrating diversions into history and social commentary, but who are we kidding, this is one of the greatest books EVER!

[Heather Painting · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a lovely copy of this book. I've read it so many times, the spine has crumbled and broken apart.

[Ali Bird · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit of a curate's egg. Ended up probably enjoying the diversions more than the story. Marius and Cosette were beyond annoying.

[Jeremy Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obviously a classic, but Hugo could easily have left out several hundred pages and not lost the main story line. My favorite line in the whole book was:

"M. Mabeuf’s political opinion was a passionate fondness for plants, and a still greater one for books. He had, like everybody else, his termination in ist, without which nobody could have lived in those times, but he was neither a royalist, nor a Bonapartist, nor a chartist, nor an Orleanist, nor an anarchist; he was an old-bookist."

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this story in all forms and portrayals. I love learning the history of the French Revolution(s) and Napoleon, I love the themes covered - love, action, heartache, death, comedy, what more could you ask for? - I love the stage performances and the songs and I love the characters dearly. A classic that everyone should read.

[Becky Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most inspiring books I've ever read! I read the unabridged and it took me 8 months but I loved it. This book changed me.

[Jill · Rating 1 out of 5]

It is rare that I do not finish a book. Struggled through the first 200 pages, and decided it wasn't going to get any better for me. I have heard great things about the theater version.

[Ginny Chilton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was more impressed half way through than I was by the time it ended.

[Kstar84 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This could have done with some editing, if it had been a few hundred pages shorter i would have given it 5 stars.

[Mary Ernest · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book will change you

[Janna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant! A masterpiece! Wish I was fluent in French...