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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 843.7 EAN: 9780451525260 Format: Unabridged ISBN: 0451525264 Label: Signet Classics Manufacturer: Signet Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1488 Publication Date: March 03, 1987 Publisher: Signet Classics Studio: Signet Classics Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Excruciatingly long-windedWar & Peace seemed 1000 pages too short. This book, unfortunately seemed 1000 pages too long. Victor, do we really need 4 full chapters about the sewers of Paris and the poetic side of excrement? And are we really supposed to believe that of all the thugs, thieves, murderers and other scoundrels haunting Paris, the one guy Inspector Javert is really intent on capturing is the guy who stole a loaf of bread 20-30 years before? Yeah, I get it--the French legal system was unfair, but c'mon--this is ridiculous. Rating: - StunningI absolutely loved this book! I bought it and read it multiple times afterwards. I watched all the movie versions, but none are as good as the book. The plot is so good! I love the character Jean Valjean and his transformation from being a criminal to being saintlike. I read the book in about a day, and suggest that everyone else should read it in one sitting too. Javert is one of my favorite characters along with Valjean as well. I recommend it to everyone, and strongly feel anyone who skips reading ... Read More Rating:  - Overrated but goodLes Miserables, by Victor Hugo, is the type of work that is almost beyond the measure of excellence or not. Hugo so indulgent, so excessive, that the book becomes almost otherworldly, an edifice out in an ether of its own, subject to its own literary rules. It is simple in narrative construction, but byzantinely complex in the curlicues of detail. It is such a diverse work that it is almost a cosmos unto itself, apart from the time and reality of mortal men and writers. If there was ever an over-the-top work ... Read More Rating: - Even better than I'd thoughtI've always been familiar with this story because of the broadway musical, but had never actually read it, until recently. It was the most moving, brilliant, wonderful story I've read in so long. And even being familiar with it, there was nothing lost, because as you'd expect, not all of the plot lines in this amazing novel made it into the play (shocking, I know). It was incredible. Considering it was dauntingly long, I feel like I read it in no time at all. A must read! Rating: - The Genius Without a BrainHugo is a man of contradictions: royalist and republican, chaste and amorous, defender and provocateur. It is sometimes difficult to pin down Hugo's politics, and the man paints with a broad brush, but one thing is certain: Victor Hugo is a creative genius of the highest level. The pen isn't necessarily mightier than the sword. Hugo's pen, however, most certainly is. Consider why you enjoy reading books. If you read in order to meet larger-than-life characters dealing ... Read More 
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