The novel of the century: the extraordinary adventure of Les Misérables [First American edition] 9780374223236, 9780374716295, 0374223238, 0374716293

The definitive biography of the world’s most popular novel Putting a century of scholarship on one of the world’s most

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English Pages xxii, 307 pages: illustrations, maps; 24 cm Year 2017

Table of contents :
On reading Les Misérables --
The journey of Les Misérables --
Crimes and punishments. Victor Hugo opens his eyes
Fantine
The first draft
Interlude : Invisible history --
Treasure islands. The money plot
Hauteville house
The beliefs of Victor Hugo
Hugo gets back to work
Interlude : Inventing the names --
Rooms with a view. Victory at Waterloo
The contract of the century
The five parts of Les Misérables
Interlude : The mind of Jean Valjean --
War, peace, and progress. The start of it all
The Paris of Les Misérables
The politics of Les Misérables
The stumbling block
Interlude : High style, low style, Latin, and slang --
Great expectations. Publication day : 4 April 1862
A story without end
The meaning of Les Misérables --
Journey's end --
France in the nineteenth century : a time line.

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