French language
Published Nov. 20, 1963 by Garnier Frères.
Les misérables (French language, 1963, Garnier Frères)
French language
Published Nov. 20, 1963 by Garnier Frères.
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.