📖 Les Miserables

"Les Miserables", or "the wretched", tells the story of exconvict Jean Valjean, who has spent nineteen brutal years in chains after stealing a loaf of bread. Saved by an act of Christian charity, he is offered a chance of happiness when he encounters the downtrodden Fantine and vows to rescue her daughter Cosette - but is constantly pursued by the implacable policeman Javert, who will not let him escape his past. An instant bestseller on publication, "Les Miserables" weaves together individual stories with turbulent historical events to create a rich, imaginative drama of human life.