les miserables
[1960s].
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.
translated from french by new york journalist charles e. wilbour.
new york: the modern library. 1222 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. bound in green cloth-covered boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: slightest shelf-wear. soiling to rear panel. unclipped ($3.95). very good+.
from the library of richard perlbinder. Item #1430
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