Les Misérables
An ex-convict's courageous journey toward redemption amidst love, injustice, and revolutionary fire.
About this book
Les Misérables is Victor Hugo’s vast, impassioned chronicle of 19th-century France, following the struggles of a hunted ex-convict, a destitute mother and her child, a band of idealistic students, and a relentless inspector as their lives collide amid grinding poverty, political upheaval, and rare acts of compassion. Hugo balances sweeping historical panorama with intimate human detail, probing justice, dignity, law, and the redemptive — and sometimes wrenching — choices people make when society abandons them. Lyrical, unsparing, and deeply humane, the novel offers unforgettable characters and moral complexity that linger long after the final page.