Amber Dickson reviewed Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
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4 stars
It took me exactly 8 years to read, not including the appendices.
338 pages
Greek language
Published April 10, 1954 by International Collectors Library, American Headquarters.
In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert--Hugo achieves the sort of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre.
It took me exactly 8 years to read, not including the appendices.