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Les Misérables (/ l eɪ ˌ m ɪ z ə ˈ r ɑː b (əl),-b l ə /, [4] French: [le mizeʁabl]) is a French epic historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Les Misérables has been popularized through numerous adaptations for film, television, and the ...
Charles Edwin Wilbour was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, on March 17, 1833.He received a classical education and entered Brown University, where he took a prize for proficiency in Greek and was noted for his thorough acquaintance with the ancient and modern languages, but did not graduate due to poor health.
Jean Valjean (French: [ʒɑ̃ val.ʒɑ̃]) is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.The story depicts the character's struggle to lead a normal life and redeem himself after serving a 19-year-long prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's starving children and attempting to escape from prison.
Les Misérables (/ l eɪ ˌ m ɪ z ə ˈ r ɑː b (əl),-b l ə / lay MIZ-ə-RAHB(-əl), - RAH-blə, French: [le mizeʁabl]), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz (/ l eɪ ˈ m ɪ z / lay MIZ), is a sung-through musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and a book by Schönberg and Boublil, based on the 1862 novel of the same name by ...
File information Description Episode 4 of Les Misérables, with French intertitles.. 2015 4K restoration by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque de Toulouse and in partnership with Pathé and the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé.
Enjolras is the leader of Les Amis de l'ABC (the Friends of the ABC), a group of radical French republican students.In the original French, the name of the group is a pun: "ABC" is homophonous with "abaissé", the "abased people".
Bishop Myriel – The Bishop of Digne (full name Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel, also called Monseigneur Bienvenu) – A kindly old priest promoted to bishop after a chance encounter with Napoleon. After Valjean steals some silver from him, he saves Valjean from being arrested and inspires Valjean to change his ways.
Herbert Kretzmer (5 October 1925 – 14 October 2020) was a South African-born English [citation needed] journalist and lyricist.He was best known as the lyricist for the English-language musical adaptation of Les Misérables [1] and for his collaboration with French singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour.