Les Misérables

Les Mise´rables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets we encounter `the wolf-like tread of crime¿, and assassination for a few sous is all in a day¿s work. We weep with the unlucky and heartbroken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades; but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of the soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert. Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood.