Les misérables
Subtitle: Saint Denis : a novel
By: Translated from the French by C.E. Wilbour
Published: 1862
Place of publication: N.Y
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: History; Fiction
Other titles: Saint Denis
Description: In this part of Victor Hugo's sprawling, humanistic narrative, "Les Misérables",  (the July Monarchy, the insurrection of 1832,) Hugo switches from describing the national political situation and its social problems (poverty, unemployment, etc.)  to describing the love triangle between the protagonists Marius, Cosette, and Éponine. This would seem contradictory, except for the fact that in the lives of individuals, love affairs can be as momentous as an political uprising or a change of government.