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Author Bellos, David, author.

Title The novel of the century : the extraordinary adventure of Les Misérables / David Bellos.

Publisher New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

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Edition First American edition.
Physical Description xxii, 307 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-289) and index.
Contents Introduction: The journey of Les Misérables -- Victor Hugo opens his eyes -- Fantine -- The first draft -- The money plot -- Hauteville house -- The beliefs of Victor Hugo -- Hugo gets back to work -- Interlude: Inventing the names -- Victory at Waterloo -- The contract of the century -- The five parts of Les Misérables -- Interlude: the mind of Jean Valjean -- The start of it all -- The Paris of Les Misérables -- The politics of Les Misérables -- The stumbling block -- Interlude: High style, low style, Latin and slang -- Publication day: 4 April 1862 -- A story without end -- The meaning of Les Misérables -- Epilogue: Journey's end -- France in the nineteenth century: a time line.
Summary The story of how Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables and why it became among the most influential and protean works of art ever created.
Subject Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Misérables.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 -- Criticism and interpretation.
French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.