Books by Victor Hugo

A major BBC television series starring Dominic West and Oscar winning actress, Olivia Coleman.Les Miserables is a magnificent, sweeping story of revolution, love and the will to survive set amidst the poverty stricken streets of nineteeth-century Paris.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has features an introduction by Paul Bailey.Escaped convict Jean Valjean turns his back on his criminal past to build his fortunes as an honest man. He takes in abandoned orphan Cosette and raises her as his own daughter. But Jean Valjean is unable to free himself from his previous life and is pursued to the end by ruthless policeman Javert. As Cosette grows up, young idealist Marius catches a glimpse of her and falls desperately in love. The fates of all the characters await them during the violent turmoil of the June Rebellion in 1832.This abridged version of Victor Hugo's masterpiece was published in 1915 with the aim to provide 'a unified story of the life and soul-struggles of Jean Valjean'.

Dieu pictures the imaginary search for God by a nameless protagonist, who must face the possibility of failure in this quest. La Fin de Satan, an indictment of prison, war, and capital punishment, depicts an attempt at reconciliation between good and evil. This book brings two of his lesser-known works deservedly to the forefront.

Originally published in 1922, as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains two pieces from Hugo's epic collection La legende des siecles. The fifth and seventh poems, Eviradnus and Ratbert, are presented in French, with a short editorial introduction in English.

Though known as the author of Notre Dame de Paris and Les Miserables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet - one of the most important and prolific in French history, Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and graphic work, this lucid, award-winning translation of a generous selection of Hugo's poetry pays homage to a towering figure of.

Read the masterful story of romance and revolution behind the hit BBC TV series. Les Miserables is a novel peopled by colourful characters from the nineteenth-century Parisian underworld;

Three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession are at the centre of Hugo's novel. The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, Claude Frollo, who in turn is bound by a hopeless passion to the gypsy dancer Esmeralda. She, meanwhile, is bewitched by a handsome, empty-headed officer, but by an unthinking act of kindness wins Quasimodo's selfless devotion. Behind the central figures moves a pageant of picturesque characters, ranging from the cruel, superstitious king, Louis XI, to the underworld of beggars and petty criminals. These disreputable truands' night-time assault on the cathedral is one of the most spectacular set-pieces of Romantic literature. Hugo vividly depicts medieval Paris, where all life is dominated by the massive cathedral. His passionate enthusiasm for Gothic architecture is set within the context of an epic view of mankind's history, to which he attaches even more importance than to the novel's compelling story. Alban Krailsheimer's new translation is a fresh approach to this monumental classic by France's most celebrated Romantic.

Out of extreme poverty Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread and then spends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years he rises socially and is a respectable member of society; but policeman Javert will not allow him to forget his past and is determined to expose him.

With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. Translation by Charles E. Wilbour (1862).One of the great classics of western literature, Les Misrables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description.Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.The reader is also treated to the unforgettable descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo and Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers.Volume 1 of 2

With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. Translation by Charles E. Wilbour (1862).One of the great Classics of Western Literature, Les Misrables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description.Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.Volume 2 of 2

In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destoy her that only Quasimodo can prevent. Victor Hugo's sensational, evocative novel brings life to the medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing in one of the greatest historical romances of the nineteenth century.

I 1600-talets England köper ett kringresande sällskap barn för att deformera dem och sälja dem som narrar. Den föräldralöse pojken Gwynplaine får sitt ansikte opererat så att det ser ut som att han alltid ler. Han försörjer sig på att låta marknadsbesökare förskräckas av hans groteska, skrattande ansikte. Men Gwynplaine är inte den alla tror: i hans förflutna finns kopplingar till Englands mäktigaste män och kvinnor.Skrattmänniskan är ett ständigt aktuellt verk som gjorts till både film, teater och radioteater.I originalöversättning av Einar EkstrandVictor Hugo (1802-1885) var en av Frankrikes mest kända författare och hans verk lever kvar än idag. Han skapade klassiker som Ringaren i Notre Dame och Samhällets olycksbarn.

Dødsdømt udkom første gang i 1829 uden angivelse af forfatter. Først ved genudgivelsen i 1832 vedstod Victor Hugo sig som forfatteren og forsynede bogen med et længere forord, hvor han argumenterede for dødsstraffens afskaffelse. Romanen rejste en voldsom diskussion af dødsstraffen, og om end dødsstraffen ikke umiddelbart blev afskaffet, var den medvirkende til at sætte en stopper for den offentlige skueproces.En dødsdømt, ung mand nedskriver sine tanker og forestillinger i de seks uger, der går fra dommen til henrettelsen. Vi følger svingningerne i hans sindsstemning, hans frygt og hans håb om en sidsteøjebliksbenådning. Vi får beskrevet det simple fængselsrum med graffiti fra tidligere dødsdømte samt hans sjældne glimt af andre fanger, herunder en gruopvækkende iagttagelse af galejslavernes lænkning og afrejse fra det berygtede Bicêtre. Endelig følger vi hans sidste samtale med præsten, turen med kærren gennem Paris' gader og sluttelig opstigningen til skafottet."Noget af det mest realistiske og sandhedstro, han nogensinde har skrevet." – Fjodor M. Dostojevskij, Forordet til Den sagtmodige (Krotkaja)"… selv uden at have gennempløjet samtlige bind af digterens oeuvres complètes tør man roligt fastslå, at Hugo sikkert intetsteds har skrevet noget, der i minutiøs psykologisk indlevelse overgår denne novelle." – Jørgen Budtz-Jørgensen, Nationaltidende"Indholdet er en lille novelle af en digter, der er så stor, at novellen vokser til en kraft og styrke, der ligesom sprænger dette lille bind … Disse optegnelser virker som en Rembrandisk radering, eller som en Blakes tegning, uklare og dog lysende, af en sær uhygge og dog så jævne … Det er magtfuldt og grusomt, mægtigt og djævelsk … Dødsdømt er et storværk." – Jens Kruuse, Jyllands-Posten