NOWASIX-PARTMINISERIESONMASTERPIECEONPBSTheonlycompletelyunabridgedpaperbackeditionofVictorHugo’smasterpiece--asweepingtaleoflove,loss,valor,andpassion.Introducingoneofthemostfamouscharactersinliterature,JeanValjean--thenoblepeasantimprisonedforstealingaloafofbread--LesMis矇rablesranksamongthegreatestnovelsofalltime.Init,VictorHugotakesreadersdeepintotheParisianunderworld,immersestheminabattlebetweengoodandevil,andcarriesthemtothebarricadesduringtheuprisingof1832withabreathtakingrealismthatisunsurpassedinmodernprose.Withinhisdramaticstoryarethemesthatcapturetheintellectandtheemotions:crimeandpunishment,therelentlesspersecutionofValjeanbyInspectorJavert,thedesperationoftheprostituteFantine,theamoralityoftherogueTh矇nardier,andtheuniversaldesiretoescapetheprisonsofourownminds.LesMis矇rablesgaveVictorHugoacanvasuponwhichheportrayedhiscriticismoftheFrenchpoliticalandjudicialsystems,buttheportraitthatresultedislargerthanlife,epicinscope--anextravagantspectaclethatdazzlesthesensesevenasittouchestheheart.TranslatedbyLeeFahnestockandNormanMacafee,basedontheclassicnineteenth-centuryCharlesE.WilbourtranslationInlcudesanIntroductionbyLeeFahnestockandanAfterwordbyChrisBohjalian
