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Les Miserables

(1862)
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Out of extreme poverty Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread and then spends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years he rises socially and is a respectable member of society; but policeman Javert will not allow him to forget his past and is determined to expose him.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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"The greatest of all novels." - Leo Tolstoy


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