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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 ...
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 ...
The Friends of the ABC (French: Les Amis de l'ABC) is a fictional association of revolutionary French republican students featured in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. In French, the name of the society is a pun , in which abaissés ( ' the abased, humiliated, degraded ' ) is pronounced [abese] , very similar to A-B-C ( [ɑ be se] ).
Éponine Thénardier (/ ˌ ɛ p ə ˈ n iː n t ə ˌ n ɑːr d i ˈ eɪ /; French: [epɔnin tenaʁdje]), also referred to as "Ponine", the "Jondrette girl" and the "young working-man", is a fictional character in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
Enjolras is a republican, whose views are significantly shaped by the Montagnards of the French Revolution.The "divine right" of revolution that he expresses is said to go "as far as Robespierre", [2]: 563 and Hugo declares that "in the Convention, he would have been Saint Just".
Les Misérables is a 1935 American drama film starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton based upon the 1862 Victor Hugo novel of the same name. The movie was adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski. This was the last film for Twentieth Century Pictures before it merged with Fox Film Corporation to form 20th Century Fox.
Les Misérables is a 1958 film adaptation of the 1862 Victor Hugo novel. Written by René Barjavel , the film was directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and stars Jean Gabin as Jean Valjean . [ 2 ]
The death of Éponine during the June Rebellion, illustration from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. On 5 June 1832, young Victor Hugo was writing a play in the Tuileries Gardens when he heard the sound of gunfire from the direction of Les Halles. The park-keeper had to unlock the gate of the deserted gardens to let Hugo out.