Les Miserables
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| Les Misérables | |
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 Woodcut of Cosette by Emile Bayard from the first edition | |
| Author | Victor Hugo |
| Year Published | 1862 |
| Language | French |
Les Misérables is an 1862 novel by French author Victor Hugo. The most popular of his works, it was adapted into an extremely successful musical of the same name.
Plot
Les Misérables follows a number of plots surrounding the ex-convict Jean Valjean, who seeks redemption for his past crimes while fleeing from the police inspector Javert. The remarkably long work is also interspersed with chapters dedicated to Hugo's thoughts on religion, politics, the Battle of Waterloo, and a detailed description of the Paris sewers.
Conservative Values
Les Miserables is famous for its defense of Christianity against atheism.
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There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists; it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in God, being great minds, they prove God. | ” |
| —Victor Hugo, Les Miserables | ||
