French Novel One Must Read- Les Misérables

Les Misérables (translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims) (1862) is a novel by French author Victor Hugo, and among the best-known novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty year period in the early 19th century that includes the Napoleonic wars and subsequent decades. Principally focusing on the struggles of the protagonist, ex-convict Jean Valjean, who seeks to redeem himself.It examines the nature of good, evil, and the law, in a sweeping story that expounds upon the history of France, architecture of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, law, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love. Hugo claimed to have been inspired by the real-life criminal/policeman François Eugène Vidocq, and split his personalities into the two main characters in his novel (Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert). Les Misérables is known to many through its numerous stage and screen adaptations, of which the most famous is the stage musical of the same name, sometimes abbreviated "Les Miz"

"One Day More" -Les Miz

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