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Les Miserables: Fantine (1)
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It has been said that Victor Hugo has a street named after him in virtually every town in France. A major reason for the singular celebrity of this most popular and versatile of the great French writers is Les MisÃrables (1862). In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean—a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert—Hugo achieves the sort of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre.
Les MisÃrables is at once a tense thriller that contains one of the most compelling chase scenes in all literature, an epic portrayal of the nineteenth-century French citizenry, and a vital drama—highly particularized and poetic in its rendition but universal in its implications—of the redemption of one human being.
It has been said that Victor Hugo has a street named after him in virtually every town in France. A major reason for the singular celebrity of this most popular and versatile of the great French writers is Les MisÃrables (1862). In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean—a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert—Hugo achieves the sort of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre.
Les MisÃrables is at once a tense thriller that contains one of the most compelling chase scenes in all literature, an epic portrayal of the nineteenth-century French citizenry, and a vital drama—highly particularized and poetic in its rendition but universal in its implications—of the redemption of one human being.
95 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 2003
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July 27, 2016
Ce livre, en particulier cette édition, est une partie de mon enfance. Pour une raison quelconque, ils ont adoré nous faire lire "les misérables" à l'école. Pourtant, J'ai jamais eu la chance de lire la version originale, qui, je pense, porte la magique et la passion de leur auteur légendaire. Peut-être qu'il est temps.
January 31, 2019
I'd say this is one of the better text adaptations for French learners. Now I just need to read the real thing 😋
June 30, 2026
C'est bon. J'ai pris plaisir à lire ce classique. C'était difficile, mais un bon exercice.
January 28, 2021
L'adaptation du livre originel est Un succes, en train de résumer leur éléments essentials. Bien sur, Elle ne peut jamais être évaluée Comme une oeuvre de grande qualité, mais est trés utile pour ceux qui veulent apprendee ou redécouvrir le Français.
(pardon pour ces mots sans accent car mon clavier est Portugais).
(pardon pour ces mots sans accent car mon clavier est Portugais).
November 19, 2016
I can't wait to continue on!!!
March 9, 2020
Pour moi, ce livre étais n'a pas trop difficile même si je ne connais pas bien la Français. L'histoire étais un peut bizarre mais aussi belle.
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