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(0)Victor Hugo
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Considered to be French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Misérables is a sprawling historical and philosophical epic first published in 1862. Covering the years from 1815 through the Paris uprising in 1832, it is notable for its many subplots and digressions from the main storyline. The novel's stated aim is "a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth," which can be seen most clearly in the story of the...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The Man Who Laughs (1869) is a novel by Victor Hugo. Written while Hugo was living in exile on the island of Guernsey, The Man Who Laughs is set between the 17th and 18th centuries in England, a time of political unrest and class conflict in which he identified parallels to France of the 19th century. Although the novel was largely panned at the time, it has since been recognized as one of Hugo's greatest works. The Man Who Laughs has inspired over...
3) Poems
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
This volume contains a fantastic collection of poems written by Victor Hugo. Victor Marie Hugo (1802 – 1885) was a French novelist, dramatist, and poet belonging to the Romantic movement. He is widely hailed as one of the most accomplished and well-known French writers, originally achieving renown for his poetical endeavours-the most notable of which are the volumes "Les Contemplations" and "La Légende des siècles". Outside of his native country,...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Victor Hugo's documentary historical novel is an impassioned chronicle of the December 1852 coup d'etat in France engineered by the French President, who called himself "Louis Napoleon." "History of a Crime: The Testimony of an Eye-Witness" offers a fascinating insight into mid nineteenth-century French history and is highly recommended for those with an interest in the subject. Victor Marie Hugo (1802 – 1885) was a French novelist, dramatist, and...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Immerse yourself in one of the classic masterpieces of Western literature. Victor Hugo's sweeping epic The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a timeless tale of unrequited love that also touches on themes of jealousy, passion, purity, social justice, and moral goodness.
Author
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jean Valjean is arrested for stealing bread and sent to prison for twenty years. Upon his release he finds the world a very unforgiving place except for the kindness of Bishop Bienvenu who encourages him to return the kindness to others. In the course of his life he befriends the dying prostitute, Fantine, and adopts her daughter Cosette.
8) Ninety-three
Author
Pub. Date
1900
Physical Desc
384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ninety-Three (1874) is the final novel of Victor Hugo. As a work of historical fiction, the story is set during the period of conflict between the newly formed French Republic and the Royalists who sought to reverse the gains of the revolution. Praised for its morality and honest depiction of the horrors of war, Ninety-Three influenced such wide-ranging political thinkers as Joseph Stalin and Ayn Rand. "The soldiers forced cautiously. Everything was...
Author
Series
Novels of Victor Hugo volume 5
Pub. Date
1900
Edition
Valjean ed.
Physical Desc
430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (78 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of a man who, while trying to forget his past and live an honest life, risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (69 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic version of the story, Quasimodo, the reviled bell-ringer of Notre Dame, becomes a hero when he rescues the gypsy girl Esmeralda from an unjust sentence of death.
18) Les misérables
Author
Series
Publisher
UDON Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (337 pages) : chiefly illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Presents a manga version of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables." Jean Valjean escapes prison and is pursued for years by officer Javert. In that time he becomes caretaker for a girl named Cosette, who becomes his world, but Javert threatens his peace and plans.
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