les miserables
1867.
illustrated with two hundred drawings by gustave brion. engravings by yon & perrichon [collaborative partnership between edmond yon (1836-1897) and georges-léon-alfred perrichon (1830-1907)].
this novel refuses simple summation. paris’s revolution, religion, love, and the architecture of suffering are all folded into this epic. as one reviewer notes, "the beginning isn’t the beginning": hugo excavates through digressions, moral theology, urban design, and revolutionary yearning. he then laughs amid the ruin.
with jean valjean’s path from thief to saint, cosette’s mistreatment, javert’s relentless justice, barricades erected in the streets, each chapter becomes a potent mix of mischief and mass grief.
paris. 7.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. bound in full calf. gold tooling to spine. raised bands. marbling to end papers. all edges marbled. book condition: closed tear to first two leaves. tear to 297-304. bumping to edges. rubbing throughout. two owners book plates to pastedown. very good +. Item #1260
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