num_pages: 1463
description: 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.
language: English
title: Les Misérables
titlecomplete: Les Misérables
characters: Éponine, Azelma, Marius Pontmercy, M. & Mme. Thénardier, Fantine, Grantaire, Toussaint, Bishop Myriel, Bahorel, Felix Tholomyès, Champmathieu, Enjolras, Fauchelevent, Combeferre, Jean Valjean, Javert, Cosette, Gavroche, Mademoiselle Gillenorman, Bossuet
genres: Classics, France, Historical, Novels, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 780496
places: Digne, Montreuil, France, Paris
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: French-American Foundation Translation Prize
category: Fiction (Christine Donougher)
publisher: Signet Classics