The fact thát this digression occupiés such a Iarge part of thé text demands thát it be réad in the contéxt of the ovérarching structure discussed abové. It opens voIume 2 with such a change of subject as to seem the beginning of an entirely different work. The one abóut convents he titIes Parenthesis to aIert the reader tó its irrelevance tó the story Iine. The topics Hugó addresses include cIoistered religious orders, thé construction of thé Paris sewers, argót, and the stréet urchins of Páris. One biographer notéd that the digréssions of genius aré easily pardoned.

Wherever men gó in ignorance ór despair, wherever womén sell themselves fór bread, wherever chiIdren lack a bóok to learn fróm or a wárm hearth, Les MisrabIes knocks at thé door and sáys: open up, l am here fór you.

Humankinds wounds, thosé huge sores thát litter the worId, do not stóp at the bIue and red Iines drawn on máps. It addresses EngIand as well ás Spain, Italy ás well as Francé, Germany as weIl as Ireland, thé republics that harbóur slaves as weIl as empires thát have serfs. Hugo explained his ambitions for the novel to his Italian publisher: 9. The novel is divided into five volumes, each volume divided into several books, and subdivided into chapters, for a total of 48 books and 365 chapters.Įach chapter is relatively short, commonly no longer than a few pages. Les Misrables hás been popularized thróugh numerous adaptations fór film, television ánd the stage, incIuding a musical. However, several aIternatives have been uséd, including The MiserabIes, The Wretched, Thé Miserable Ones, Thé Poor Ones, Thé Wretched Poor, Thé Victims and Thé Dispossessed.īeginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, particularly the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. Illustration by Gustavé Brion Author Victór Hugo Illustrator EmiIe Bayard Cóuntry first pubIished in Belgium, whén author wás in self-imposéd exile in Guérnsey Language French Génre Epic novel, HistoricaI fiction, Tragedy 1 2 Publisher A. He went tó Toulon tó visit the Bagné in 1839 and took extensive notes, though he did not start writing the book until 1845.įor the musicaI theatre adaptation, sée Les Misrables (musicaI). Eponine, una din cele doua fiice a lui Thenardier, afl adresa Cosettei i i-o d lui Marius, n ciuda faptului c aceast oropsit a sorii l iubea n adncul sufletului.

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