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Les Miserables, Vol 2 (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged) (English)
Les Miserables Vol 2 - Audio Cassette - Unabridged - English Author:Victor Hugo, Frederick Davidson (Narrator) Hugo's wrenching story centers on Jean Valjean, an honest peasant sentenced to five years' hard labor for stealing a loaf of bread, then 19 more for trying to escape. Turned into a hardened and ruthless criminal by his experiences, he reforms, becomes mayor of a French town, but is tracked down by the pitiless detective Javert for another obscur... more »e crime, and incarcerated. Escaping again from the brutal French prison, he befriends a prostitute named Fantine and her daughter, Cosette. This 1862 novel is remarkable for its sympathetic portrayal of common people: prisoners, the poor, women of the streets -- all the down-and-out victims of the gross inequities of class in 19th-century Europe. Unabridged, 13 Cassettes, 19.5 hrs. Volume 2 of 3.« less