Les Miserables

Name: Les Miserables
Author: Victor Hugo

by Victor Hugo

Epic novel of justice, redemption, and revolution during French social upheaval

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Victor Hugo

French poet, playwright, and novelist who was the most important figure of the Romantic movement in France. His sweeping historical novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris remain beloved masterpieces of world literature.

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