num_pages: 334
description: Instead of 300 pages as described there are 97. This is a trade paper and not a mass market format. The first English translation of Victor Hugo's masterpiece Les Misérables was published in 1862. The texts of all currently available abridged English versions rely very heavily on this 1862 translation and are difficult to understand. This new translation by Helen Mailhot attempts to provide a more current and contemporary text in order to make the work more accessible to today's readers. This new version includes all the characters and all the subplots that weave into the main story. This translation follows the original version in the sequence of events and remains faithful to the intent, structure and style of Victor Hugo's work.
language: English
title: Les Miserables
titlecomplete: Les Miserables
characters: M. & Mme. Thénardier, Bishop Myriel, Gavroche, Azelma, Toussaint, Jean Valjean, Combeferre, Cosette, Bahorel, Grantaire, Bossuet, Fantine, Éponine, Felix Tholomyès, Marius Pontmercy, Fauchelevent, Champmathieu, Enjolras, Javert, Mademoiselle Gillenorman
genres: Fiction, French Literature, Classics, France, Historical, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 780483
places: Paris, Montreuil, France, Digne
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: French-American Foundation Translation Prize
category: Fiction (Christine Donougher)
publisher: Amereon Limited