Les Misérables sont un livre de charité, un étourdissant rappel à l’ordre d’une société trop amoureuse d’elle-même et trop peu soucieuse de l’immortelle loi de fraternité ; un plaidoyer pour les misérables, proféré par la bouche la plus éloquente de ce temps.
Les Miserables
1832, Paris. Jean Valjean, ancien forçat en quête de rédemption, croise le destin de Fantine, ouvrière sacrifiée, et de Cosette, enfant maltraitée.
One of Victor Hugo's finest works, Les Miserables is a monumental classic dedicated to the oppressed, the underdog, the laborer, the rebel, the orphan, and the misunderstood. Les Miserables is a rich, emotional novel that captures nothing less than the entirety of life in nineteenth-century France. This great humanitarian work encourages compassion and hope in the face of adversity and injustice. It is also an historical novel of great scope, and provides a detailed vision of nineteenth-century French politics and society. Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Miserables is not only a superb adventure, but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict, Jean-Valjean, struggles to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.Optimized for Kindle devices and featuring Panel Zoom facility.From its beginnings in the 1940's to today, Classics Illustrated continues to encourage a love of reading and adventure in youthful minds through beautifully-illustrated comic book adaptations of the world's most beloved stories by the world's greatest authors.A collection of Classics Illustrated books is an inviting start to any young person's library.
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Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera Rigoletto and the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment and slavery.
Although he was a committed royalist when young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, serving in politics as both deputy and senator. His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism, and his literary stature, established him as a national hero. Hugo died on 22 May 1885, aged 83. He was given a state funeral in the Panthéon of Paris, which was attended by over two million people, the largest in French history.
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Les Misérables est bien plus qu’un roman : c’est une fresque sociale, historique et philosophique qui interroge la condition humaine. Victor Hugo y explore la misère, la rédemption, la justice et l’amour, à travers des personnages inoubliables comme Jean Valjean, Fantine ou Gavroche. Ce livre, à la fois épique et intime, reste d’une actualité frappante et continue d’inspirer le monde entier.
Le roman aborde des thèmes universels : la misère sociale, la révolte et la justice, la réhabilitation par l’amour et le pardon, la condition des femmes et des enfants, et la lutte contre l’injustice. Hugo y dénonce aussi les failles d’un système qui crée des exclus, tout en célébrant la résilience et l’espoir.
Les Misérables s’adresse à tous les publics : aux lycéens et étudiants pour son importance littéraire et historique, aux amateurs de romans engagés pour sa dimension sociale, et aux lecteurs en quête d’émotions fortes pour son intrigue et ses personnages. Son style accessible, malgré sa richesse, en fait aussi un classique idéal pour les jeunes lecteurs.
Avec ce smartbook, vous pourrez interroger le texte sur les motivations des personnages, les contexte historique (révolutions, justice, société du XIXe siècle), les thèmes philosophiques (rédemption, pardon, inégalité), ou encore les symboles et procédés littéraires utilisés par Hugo. Vous pourrez aussi demander des analyses de scènes clés ou des comparaisons avec les adaptations (théâtre, cinéma, comédie musicale).
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Ce livre est un livre de charité, c’est-à-dire un livre fait pour exciter, pour provoquer l’esprit de charité ; c’est un livre interrogeant, posant des cas de complexité sociale, d’une nature terrible et navrante, disant à la conscience du lecteur : « Eh bien ? »
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