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43 reviews
Victor Hugo

Modern Library, 1992

We should be better for reading it...
... but this was the most popular book, read by soldiers, North and South, during our Civil War. We should be better for hearing democracy in Beethoven, piety in Bach, compassion in Mozart -- and perhaps we do, one person at a time, but I fear we are always running out of time. I read this book thirty years ago, over two winters, setting it down midway in March 1977 I believe. I had heard a ...

Les Miserables (Enriched Classics)

8 reviews
Victor Hugo

Pocket, 2005

"Les Miserables" : Victor Hugo's grestest achievement
If you are the kind of person thirsting for the image of Man as a being to whom nothing is impossible - and to whom everything great is possible, then "Les Miserables" is the novel for you. With a few exceptions, such as Ayn Rand, there is no writer in world literature who has portrayed such a grand, noble, sublime and inspiring image of man as Victor Hugo. In "Les Miserables", Hugo has given ...

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

1 review
Victor Hugo

Ann Arbor Media, 2006

one of the best.
This classic is definitely one of the best books ever written. If you want to know what Hugo thinks love is dive on in! This isn't the story Disney told.

Les Misérables (Signet Classics)

251 reviews
Victor Hugo

Signet Classics, 1987

Every Christian Should Read This Book
I have read this incredible work of art several times and never cease to be amazed by the enormous impact it has on me. The first time I ever read it, I cried off and on for about three days, I was so moved. Victor Hugo tapped into something profound when he penned this story. It is long, yes, but I find that every little rabbit trail Hugo goes down has a very important point. I can just read the ...

Les Miserables, French Edition

8 reviews
Victor Hugo

Pocket (FR), 1998

Un chef-d'oeuvre; dans la langue d'origine....
Les Misérables en français est un très excellent livre. Le texte est vraiment mieux que les traductions en anglais, tous ceux qui ne montrent pas la vrai beauté et grace de la prose d'auteur. L'histoire est d'un homme qui est presque detruit par son systeme de justice, d'un homme bon qui doit colleter avec son gouvernement parce qu'il croit dans le mieux-être de toute la humanité, même s'il ...

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Signet Classics)

83 reviews
Victor Hugo

Signet Classics, 2001

A Delightful Read
This delightful novel has rekindled my desire to read or re-read the classics. I picked it up for no particular reason other than I had never read Hugo. I didn't expect much: My experience with the classics in high school and college was that they are dull and not worthy of modern reading. But, to my pleasant surprise, I discovered a fascinating book that is rich in wonderful characters and ...

Les Miserables (A Stepping Stone Book)

3 reviews
Victor Hugo

Random House Books for Young Readers, 1995

A Great Story Retold by a Great Author!
My 3rd grader read this book for a homeschool assignment. We try to introduce the classics whenever we can. I was so impressed by this book, I've told all my homeschool girlfriends about it. The raw emotion and suspense is captured in this book, but the negative elements (prostitution, for example) are left out, making this very suitable for an elementary student. My reluctant-to-read child ...

Les Miserables

25 reviews
Victor Hugo

Fawcett, 1982

The Greatest of Melodramatic Fiction
To say that they don't write them as they did in the past is a gross understatement. Even in translation and abridgment, nothing is lost in Hugo's epic melodrama. He, like Dickens, Flaubert, Thackeray, and others,employs chance and coincidence to move the plot line, but the richness of language, coloration of character, and the lushness of setting is a marvel of technique. Although the lenghty ...

Les Miserables (Penguin Classics)

39 reviews
Victor Hugo

Penguin Classics, 1982

The Hobo Philosopher
The first time that I read this book I was about 18 years old. This is the only book in my life that I have ever read where I can say that "I couldn't put it down". I read this book and I balled like a baby. I remember that I had to go and get a handkerchief and blow my nose while wiping the tears away so that I could continue reading. When I finished the book - and I only read the abridged ...

Les Miserables (Everyman's Library)

12 reviews
Victor Hugo

Everyman's Library, 1998

An Inspiring Masterpiece
My two favorite classics of all time are LES MISERABLES and THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV. Interestingly, I've read that Fyodor Dostoevsky was a great admirer of Victor Hugo and of Les Miserables in particular. To me, what these two authors have in common is the profound psychological and spiritual insight found in their work. Les Miserables, for instance, is the most heartbreaking but uplifting story ...

The Man Who Laughs

26 reviews
Victor Hugo

Norilana Books, 2006

Everybody Hates Hugo
I have now read four books by Victor Hugo. The Last Day Of A Condemned Man, Les Miserables, Hunchback of Notre Dame, and recently I finished The Man Who Laughs. I will spare the usual props I throw Hugo's way about him being the greatest author and yada yada yada. Although, as far as classics are concerned, I was dissappointed to go to my local library and in the Hugo novel section there ...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

4 reviews
Victor Hugo

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

What an amazing book!
This is a book about a beautiful young landy whose beauty (inside and out) and dancing abilities mesmerize not only a staunch Catholic priest but many others to kill and do things that they wouldn't normally do. That sounds kind of far fetched but the way Hugo writes the book you can actually see it happening. There are reasons why this book is a classic!!! The writting is brilliant, the ...

Notre-Dame of Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

19 reviews
Victor Hugo

Penguin Classics, 1978

Overdramatized, but Incredibly Powerful
Victor Hugo never did anything by halves. His NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS begins as a tour of Gothic Paris and ends as a monumental and melodramatic Grand Guignol. Needless to say, all the film versions focus on the wrong character: Quasimodo is by no means the main focus of the novel, and the novel certainly is misnamed when called THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. The hero, if there is one, is the cathedral ...

Les Miserables

7 reviews
Victor Hugo

Thomas Nelson, 2001

Great Version
This updated version of my favorite book is wonderful. The original message of the book remains intact. If you haven't read "Les Miserables" in a long time, or if you've never read it, pick up this book. Not only is it a great story, but the book itself is beautifully designed. I highly recommend this version, even for diehard "Les Mis' fans like myself.

Les Miserables (Barnes & Noble Classics)

5 reviews
Victor Hugo

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003

Best Fictional Book Ever! (Great Translation as well)
I read the Hunchback of Notre Dame and was so impressed with Victor Hugo's writting ability that I wanted to read his grand achievement, Les Miserables. I decided however, that I wanted a slightly abridged version because Hugo has a tendency to go for numerous pages about the scenery etc that holds no value to the story but I didn't want a version that was abridges that it butchered the story. I ...

Classic Starts: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Classic Starts Series)
Victor Hugo

Sterling, 2008

Set in a richly rendered 15th century Paris, Victor Hugo’s powerful drama focuses on a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda, the two men (including an obsessed and manipulative priest) who love her, and the pitiful hunchback Quasimodo who tries to save her. With this simplified yet spellbinding version, kids can enjoy all the excitement of Hugo’s masterful story.

Les Miserables (Abridged Edition)

8 reviews
Victor Hugo

Ballantine Books, 1996

A Book that makes you think
Les Miserables is truly a fantastic book set in the Napoleon era in France. Ex-convict, Jean Valjean, goes through poverty, wealth, love, sadness, and happiness. He tried to forget his past and change himself for a new life while encountering a little girl, Cosette, who becomes like a daughter to him. This book relives the French setting of a person's life, whether it was a rich man or a poor ...

Les Miserables : Tome 3

1 review
Victor Hugo

Pocket (FR), 1998

Part 3 of a masterpiece
I love this story. I think it was worth the trouble to try to read these in French because there are subtle differences from the English that change the meaning. There were a lot of old-fashioned French words that I didn't know the meaning of. When I asked my French friends about them I learned a lot about French history.

The Last Day of a Condemned Man (Hesperus Classics)

7 reviews
Victor Hugo

Hesperus Press, 2002

The Last Day of a Condemned Man: A Classic
After reading Les Miserables I bought The Last Day of a Condemned Man, I was not expecting an masterpiece like Les Miserables and, because of that, I had such a great surprise, it's a short book but with an energetic message, it shows the horrors of the condemned, the psycological efects in his person when hes own daughter do not recognize him, everiday expecting only death, and with feeling, ...

The Toilers of the Sea (Modern Library Classics)

17 reviews
Victor Hugo

Modern Library, 2002

A Great Writer
Only a great philosopher, a great poet, a great historian, a great humanitarian, a great sociologist, a great psychologist and a great naturalist could have written this book. No less than a great mind in all of these spheres could have produced some of the passages found in this masterpiece. If you stop half way through this book, you will miss some of the most awe-inspiring prose that has ...

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