1802-1885

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Victor Hugo.

Latin American novelist Mario Vargas Llosa offers his analysis of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables," arguing that the novel presents a utopian vision of literature that prompts readers to imagine a better world.

A graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel about the hunchback Quasimodo and the beautiful Gypsy girl Esmeralda.

A graphic-novel retelling of Victor Hugo's story, in which strong Quasimodo, stowed away in the bell tower of the Cathedral of Notre Dame and treated like a monster, meets a kind Gypsy girl, Esmeralda, and becomes an unexpected hero.

"The definitive biography of the world's most popular novel. Putting a century of scholarship on one of the world's most enduring popular novels into accessible, narrative form, this new approach to a classic of world literature is written for a wide general readership. Packed full of information about the book's origins and later career on stage and screen, The Novel of the Century brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d'?tat, and political exile; how he pulled off the deal of the century to get it published; and how he set it on course to become the novel that epitomizes the grand sweep of history in the nineteenth century. This biography of a masterpiece also shows how and why the moral and social messages of Les Mis?rables are full of meaning for our time. "--.

Presents a cartoon version of Hugo's story about a convict who seeks to redeem his past in revolutionary Paris, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the work.

The tale, set in medieval Paris, of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda from being unjustly executed.

Contains a complete plot summary and analysis of Victor Hugo's "Les Mis?rables", as well as discussion of the characters and themes, and includes study questions.