{"product_id":"les-miserables-5","title":"Les Misérables","description":"\u003cb\u003eFew novels ever swept across the world with such overpowering impact as \u003ci\u003eLes Mis rables. \u003c\/i\u003eWithin 24 hours, the first Paris edition was sold out. In other great cities of the world it was devoured with equal relish.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, \u003ci\u003eLes Mis rables \u003c\/i\u003eis not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-162774\"\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449911679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0449911675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC032000\"\u003eWar \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (1802-85), novelist, poet, playwright, and French national icon, is best known for two of today's most popular world classics: \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as other works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Toilers of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Laughs\u003c\/i\u003e. Hugo was elected to the Académie Française in 1841. As a statesman, he was named a Peer of France in 1845. He served in France's National Assemblies in the Second Republic formed after the 1848 revolution, and in 1851 went into self-imposed exile upon the ascendance of Napoleon III, who restored France's government to authoritarian rule. Hugo returned to France in 1870 after the proclamation of the Third Republic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJulie Rose\u003c\/b\u003e's acclaimed translations include Alexandre Dumas's \u003ci\u003eThe Knight of Maison-Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e and Racine's \u003ci\u003ePhèdre\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as works by Paul Virilio, Jacques Rancière, Chantal Thomas, and many others. She is a recipient of the PEN medallion for translation and the New South Wales Premier's Translation Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eParis to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThrough the Children's Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of the Library of America anthology \u003ci\u003eAmericans in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes on various subjects for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and has written introductions to works by Maupassant, Balzac, Proust, and Alain-Fournier.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687148032237,"sku":"9780449911679","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cee5cfb8-10c5-4436-b53c-c1a9fafb02ca.jpg?v=1649780478","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/les-miserables-5","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}