Les Misrables Vol I Fantine Cosette Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo 9789887739647, 9887739642 instant download after payment.

Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, set between 1815 and the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris. Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, following the lives and interactions of several characters: ex-convict Jean Valjean, the grisette Fantine and her daughter Cosette, the inspector Javert, the rogue Thénardier and his family, the revolutionist Enjolras, and the student Marius. The novel elaborates upon the history of modern France, justice, religion, and the nature of romantic and familial love.Volume I takes the readers through the life of Jean Valjean, as he grapples with an outcast life as an ex-convict. A chance encounter with a saintly priest sets him on the path of life as an honest and successful man. Meanwhile, he tries to take care of the grisette Fantine and rescue her daughter Cosette, but has to struggle between continuing to hiding his past identity or following his conscience and risk returning to prison…