Its original cast boasts West End and Broadway talent, including Patti LuPone and Michael Ball. Instead, Les Misérables tells an expansive story of one man’s journey to salvation from 1815 to 1832.Īfter picking up audience buzz at the Barbican, Les Misérables opened at the Palace Theatre on 4 Dec. The musical doesn’t focus on the French Revolution of 1789 though. Victor Hugo’s epic French novel of the same name inspires the Les Misérables musical. Les Misérables tickets are available on London Theatre now. The artwork used for the cover is 'Fantine' by Margaret Bernadine Hall.Don’t wait one day more. Production notes: This ebook of Les Miserables was published by Global Grey on the 29th September 2018, and updated on the 5th March 2023. This book has 561,327 words, 1,212 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1862. Part of Anne Haight's List of Banned Books. Despite this, it has been popular since it was published and has been translated into many other languages.
In fact, 19 chapters are set aside for an account of the Battle of Waterloo, and its place in history. Incredibly, over a quarter of the novel doesn't further the plot at all, and is instead devoted to chapters that argue a moral point.
Throughout the novel, Hugo explores themes of social justice, poverty, redemption, and the power of love and compassion. The story also focuses on other characters, including Fantine, a struggling single mother who turns to prostitution to support her daughter, Cosette, who is taken in by Valjean and raised as his own, and Marius Pontmercy, a young revolutionary who falls in love with Cosette. Valjean struggles to escape his past and build a new life for himself, but is constantly haunted by his criminal history. Set against the backdrop of the legacy of the French revolution, and a small Parisian insurrection and resistance that took place in June, 1832 (which Victor Hugo witnessed), the book follows the life of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who is hunted by the police inspector Javert. Les Miserables by French author Victor Hugo was first published in 1862, and is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. Home Ebooks Articles Buy Collections Donate F.A.Q About Contact Search ☰Īvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle (mobi and AZW3) ebook formats.
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