{"product_id":"0143123599-les_miserables","title":"Les Miserables","description":"\n\n\u003cp class=\"null1\"\u003eNow a major motion picure, adapted from the acclaimed Broadway musical, starring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, and Sacha Baron Cohen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictor Hugo’s tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society,\u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel on an epic scale, moving inexorably from the eve of the battle of Waterloo to the July Revolution of 1830.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis striking edition features the widely celebrated and eminently readable translation by Norman Denny.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eTrying to forget his past and live an honest life, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":47599103279294,"sku":"0143123599-3","price":20.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/91m4ChsyhQL.jpg?v=1780412226","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0143123599-les_miserables","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}