Victor Hugo
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
"So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Mise;rables cannot fail to be of use," says Victor Hugo in the preface of his famous novel. Certainly, Les Mise;rables is French history recounted through the personal stories of its main characters. The tale offers philosophical insight on the good deeds that can happen even amidst ignorance and poverty. This handsome leather-bound volume is a beautiful addition to any classic...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
"Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written in 1831, at a time when the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was falling into disrepair. This epic novel helped spark a preservationist movement that led to the cathedral being restored to its full glory. Set in 1482, the story tells of how four men-the hunchbacked bell-ringer, Quasimodo; the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo; the dashing soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers; and the poet Pierre...
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
Abridged
Language
English
Description
Les Misérables 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 heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades; but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless
...Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (371 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, this is the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict unable to escape his past life. His future is threatened by his nemesis, the chilling police officer and former prison guard Javert, who is determined to bring him to justice. As revolution ignites on the streets of Paris, Jean Valjean begins an epic journey towards self-acceptance, redemption, and love.
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Nathaniel is left out of a roller hockey game and humiliated by his failure, Wishbone remembers the loneliness and humiliation of Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
12) Les misérables
Language
English
Formats
Description
Suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements.
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
13) Les misérables
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
GN 400L
Physical Desc
337 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a new graphic novel adaptation, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him for a minor crime.
16) Les misérables
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (3 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Orson Welles adapted, produced, directed, narrated, and acted in this 1937 radio dramatization of Victor Hugo's book, recounting the saga of escaped convict Jean Valjean. Valjean, trying to forget his past and live an honest life, risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
149 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of the tale, set in medieval Paris, of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmaralda from being unjustly executed.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
GN 500L
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic version of the story, Quasimodo, the reviled bell-ringer of Notre Dame, becomes a hero when he rescues the gypsy girl Esmeralda from an unjust sentence of death.
19) Les miserables
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide.
Language
English
20) Les miserables
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005], 1995.
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
106 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Trying to forget his past and live an honest life, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris.
