Victor Hugo
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IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 105
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Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Miserables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector...
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Presents Victor Hugo's classic novel about convict Jean-Valjean who struggles to escape his past in a world of poverty and ignorance during the French Revolution; and includes explanatory notes, chronology of the author's life and work, critical analysis, timeline of important events, and an outline of key themes and plots.
5) Ninety-three
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Pub. Date
1998
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Ninety-Three (1874) is the final novel of Victor Hugo. As a work of historical fiction, the story is set during the period of conflict between the newly formed French Republic and the Royalists who sought to reverse the gains of the revolution. Praised for its morality and honest depiction of the horrors of war, Ninety-Three influenced such wide-ranging political thinkers as Joseph Stalin and Ayn Rand. "The soldiers forced cautiously. Everything was...
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Pub. Date
2002
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Une édition de référence de Notre-Dame de Paris de Victor Hugo, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Il y a aujourd'hui trois cent quarante-huit ans six mois et dix-neuf jours que les Parisiens s'éveillèrent au bruit de toutes les cloches sonnant à grande volée dans la triple enceinte de la Cité, de l'Université et de la Ville.
Ce n'est cependant pas un jour dont l'histoire ait gardé souvenir que le 6...
10) Les misřables
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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Trying to forget his past and live an honest life, ex-convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris.
14) Les misérables
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©2001
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Comment un homme mystérieux, aux multiples identités peut-il devenir le bienfaiteur d'une petite orpheline? Jena Valjean, ex-galérien tire la petite Cosette des griffes des Thénardier tenant ainsi sa promesse faite à Fantine, à l'heure de sa mort. Traqué par Javert, il se réfugie dans un couvent où Cosette sera élevée. Devenue une belle jeune fille elle tombe amoureuse d'un certain Marius et Jean Valjean va s'effacer peu à peu devant leur...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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"During a fast-paced roller hockey game, Wishbone sees an awkward boy named Nathaniel try to compete, only to be humiliated by the other players. The incident reminds Wishbone of the tale about the famous hunchback of Notre Dame cathedral. Imagining himself as the deformed bell ringer, Quasimodo, Wishbone gets involved in a life-and-death struggle with his evil master, Frollo. With danger at every turn, only a true hero with a nose for adventure...