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Title: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables by Lawrence Klibbe, Monarch Press ISBN: 0-671-00844-7 Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc Pub. Date: December, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tragedy, Triumph, and Redemption
Comment: Les Miserables is not the story of any one man. Rather, it is a story of society. Victor Hugo's characters are based around one of the most important periods of history. The events and downfalls portrayed in this novel should be grasped by everyone of our present-day society. People today believe we have it bad. People today think that a day at the office is stressful. People think that the law doesn't show very good justice. People today are wrong. In Hugo's time, the character Jean Valjean was imprisoned in the galleys at Toulon for 19 years. Nineteen! And for what? For stealing a loaf of bread. Today that's NOTHING in our society. Being a 16-year old, this seems rather harsh. To anyone it should seem rather harsh. Another character, Fantine, was led to prostitution because she needed to take care of her girl, Cosette. Starvation and deprivation from society drove Fantine to this. The love affair between Marius and Cosette should also be embraced. Here, in all the madness the world is in, these two young adults can find love for each other, and make it last. And for Jean Valjean, hope springs eternal. Through all the hardships, torments, and anguish, Valjean can still find the will to go on with his life. Anything such as this which is read in the novel will not be found in present-day society. This novel shows that in a world gone mad, love, triumph, and the human spirit....will live on. It will prevail. This novel shows that we must stick together, we must never give up, and we must never let in to the cruelties and evil of our society. I am very surprised that this immense novel has not been adopted by schools for literary purposes. It kind of makes me ashamed to be a part of my society, where everything is mad, yet, here's this tale of the miserable right in front of us, and people don't make an effort to take it in. It's a tragedy on our part. I recommend this novel to anyone who has a human heart. Once you have read it, you will want to change. This tale of Tragedy, Triumph, and Redemption will make the human soul think for a few minutes, and take time out of life's burdens. Les Miserables......is a triumph for us all. -Zach Jones
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