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…
Siapa yang tidak mengenal orang paling berpengaruh di Rusia ini, ya Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin? Pasti Anda sudah tak asing lagi bukan? Dia adalah seorang presiden kebanggan negara tirai besi bahkan berita menyebutkan ia adalah sosok tak tergantikan. Nama Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin mulai banyak dibincangkan publik karena sosoknya yang sudah berani mengumumkan serangan terhadap Ukraina. …
Understanding Social Security can be overwhelming at times and dense government websites don’t help. Fortunately, Social Security 101 can help with easy-to-understand explanations and lessons that keep you engaged as you learn all you need to know about the federal program that’s been around since the Great Depression. Social Security 101 will give you the most up-to-date information on thi…
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.
Something is fishy in Mermaid Court! First a little boy mysteriously vanishes, then a treasured statue of a mermaid disappears. An actor tells outrageous lies...a dog lover gets an unexplained bite...and lights flicker in the windows of the haunted Mermaid Inn! The Three Investigators are eager to find the lost child, but the other mysteries keep getting in the way. The super sleuths face…
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 …