Les Misérables: Volume One
Written by Victor Hugo
Narrated by Full Cast
()
About this audiobook
This is book one of five of Les Misérables audiobook. One of the great classics of western literature, Les Misérables 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 implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.
The listener is also treated to the unforgettable descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo and Valjean’s flight through the Paris sewers.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) is one of the most well-regarded French writers of the nineteenth century. He was a poet, novelist and dramatist, and he is best remembered in English as the author of Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). Hugo was born in Besançon, and became a pivotal figure of the Romantic movement in France, involved in both literature and politics. He founded the literary magazine Conservateur Littéraire in 1819, aged just seventeen, and turned his hand to writing political verse and drama after the accession to the throne of Louis-Philippe in 1830. His literary output was curtailed following the death of his daughter in 1843, but he began a new novel as an outlet for his grief. Completed many years later, this novel became Hugo's most notable work, Les Misérables.
Related to Les Misérables
Related audiobooks
Madame Bovary: The Classic Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBains Turcs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Les Misérables (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLes Miserables Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jane Eyre Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Prince and the Pauper Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5War And Peace: The Original Manuscript Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLorna Doone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Top 10 Short Stories - European 19th: The top ten short stories written in the 19th Century by European authors. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMansfield Park (Unabridged) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Far From the Madding Crowd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love and Friendship Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Camille: The Lady of the Camellias Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scarlet Letter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Anna Karenina Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vanity Fair Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Great Gatsby Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Little Women Trilogy: Little Women, Little Men & Jo's Boys Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great Expectations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anna Kanerina Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsB. J. Harrison Reads The Hunchback of Notre Dame Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Emma: A classic retelling Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTo The Lighthouse: The Original Manuscript Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTess of the d'Urbervilles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrankenstein: Digitally narrated using a synthesized voice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Count of Monte Cristo (Unabridged) Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Pride and Prejudice (Unabridged) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Garden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Classics For You
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Complete Sherlock Holmes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Kill a Mockingbird Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pride and Prejudice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winnie-the-Pooh - Unabridged Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pride and Prejudice: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankenstein Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5War & Peace - Volume I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Atlas Shrugged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fountainhead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Gatsby Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Master and Margarita Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5David Copperfield: The Personal History, Experience and Observations of Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5CATCH-22 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Ships: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Name of the Rose Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gone With The Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sense and Sensibility Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Old Man and the Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Schindler's List Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5White Noise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Crucible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For Whom the Bell Tolls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stone Blind: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Les Misérables
0 ratings0 reviews