Les Miserables mengisahkan Jean Valjean yang berusaha menepati janjinya menjadi seorang pria yang baik dan jujur, bahkan rela mengganti nama. Kini bekas pencuri itu menjalani hidup baru yang terhormat sebagai walikota. Namun, dosa masa lalu masih mengejarnya. Seorang tak bersalah terancam hukuman untuk membayar dosa tersebut. Jean Valjean gamang. Jika memilih jujur, dia akan kehilangan hidup te…
Hugo's grand medieval melodrama tells the story of the beautiful Esmeralda, a gypsy girl loved by three men: Archdeacon Frollo, his adoptive son Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame cathedral, and Captain Phoebus. Falsely accused of trying to murder Phoebus, who attempts to rape her, Esmeralda is sentenced to death and rescued from the gallows by Quasimodo who defends her to the last. The su…
Les Miserables Volume One by Victor Hugo. With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury One of the great Classics of Western Literature, Les Miserables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the…
A cast of hundreds is woven into the epic story of the ex-convict Jean Valjean and his valiant struggle to redeem himself. A potent social document of the poverty, ignorance, and brutality of man.
Sejarah adalah musibah bagi seseorang yang meninggalkan kenangan buruk. - Victor Hugo Setelah kehilangan kekayaan dan jabatan di Kota M. Sur M, Jean Valjean terpaksa kembali menjalaiu kerja paksa seumur hidup di Toulon. Saat bekerja di Kapal Ijkjon. Valjean menyelamatkan nyawa seorang kelasi yang nyaris tewas frSigjatuh dari tiang kapal. Apa daya, Valjean harus membayarnya dengan kenyataan …
One terrible winter, Jean valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed his young nieces and nephews. He is caught and put in jail. As Valjean struggles to hide from the law, he finds him self living side by side with many of the sick, injured, and poor members of PAris's lowest class -- those known only as Les Miserables