Title:
The novel of the century : the extraordinary adventure of Les Misérables / David Bellos.
Author:
Bellos, David, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2018]
©2018.
Call Number:
PQ2286 .B45 2018
Abstract:
"The story of how Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables and why it became among the most influential and protean works of art ever created"-- Provided by publisher.
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Edition:
First American paperback edition.
ISBN:
9780374537401
Physical Description:
xxii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
The journey of Les Misérables -- Crimes and punishments: Victor Hugo opens his eyes -- Fantine -- The first draft -- Interlude : invisible history -- Treasure islands: The money plot -- Hauteville house -- The beliefs of Victor Hugo -- Hugo gets back to work -- Interlude : inventing the names -- Rooms with a view: Victory at Waterloo -- The contract of the century -- The five parts of Les Misérables -- Interlude : the mind of Jean Valjean -- War, peace, and progress: The start of it all -- The Paris of Les Misérables -- The politics of Les Misérables -- The stumbling block -- Interlude : high style, low style, Latin, and slang -- Great expectations: Publication day : 4 April 1862 -- A story without end -- The meaning of Les Misérables -- Epilogue : journey's end -- France in the nineteenth century : a time line.
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