01779     2200325   4500001002100000005001500021008004100036020001800077035002500095082000800120084001400128084001200142090001300154100001700167245005900184260003400243300002200277520101000299650001201309700002001321850001301341980001301354985000701367986000601374990001501380990001501395990001501410990001501425999001301440JAKPU-1213900000104320230321092143230321                           0        a9780140444308  a0010-121390000001041  a823  a823 HUG l  aF HUG l  aFbHUG l1 aHUGO, Victor1 aLes Miserables /cVictor Hugo ; editor, Garnier Freres  aLondon :bPenguin Book,c1982  a1232 p. ;c21 cm.  a‘He was no longer Jean Valjean, but No. 24601’ Victor Hugo’s tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale, moving inexorably from the eve of the battle of Waterloo to the July Revolution of 1830. Norman Denny’s introduction to his lively English translation discusses Hugo’s political and artistic aims in writing Les Misérables. 4aFICTION1 aFRERES, Garnier  aBPAD DKI  8-01-2010  a11  DA  aD107867/13  aD107867/13  aD107868/13  aD107869/13  a05520/09