TY - BOOK AU - Hugo, Victor TI - Les miserables / SN - 978-1-4165-0026-1 AV - PQ 2286 H84 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster Paperbacks KW - EPIC LITERATURE KW - FRANCE -- SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS -- 19TH CENTURY -- FICTION N2 - Now an Oscar-winning movie, -- Les Miserables Les Miserables is also a rousing adventure story, famous for such unrivaled scenes as the spine-tingling chase through the Paris sewers and the brilliant depiction of the Battle of Waterloo. Victor Hugo reached the peak of his powers in this far-reaching novel of nineteenth-century France. Here are combined the dramatic skills of Hugo the playwright, the rich imagination of Hugo the poet, and the compassion of Hugo the man ER -