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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 ...
Fantine (French pronunciation:) is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.She is a young grisette in Paris who is impregnated by a rich student. . After he abandons her, she is forced to look after their child, Cosette, on her o
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo [1] (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ⓘ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, and politician.
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 ...
Marius Pontmercy (French pronunciation: [maʁjys pɔ̃mɛʁsi]) is a fictional character, one of the protagonists of Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables.He is a young student, and the suitor of Cosette.
In 1862, he made the authorised British translation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, which was reissued in 1864 and 1879. He made many other translations from French and German. A posthumous volume, collected from magazines, entitled Scraps and Sketches gathered together, appeared in September 1865. [2]
attributed to Saint Jerome by Victor Hugo in Les Misérables [8] [9] fiat iustitia et pereat mundus: let justice be done, even if the world should perish: motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor: fiat justitia ruat caelum: let justice be done, even if the sky should fall: attributed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus: fiat lux: let there be ...
Javert (French pronunciation:), no first name given in the source novel, is a fictional character and a main antagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. He was presumably born in 1780 [1] and died on June 7, 1832. [2]