Les Miserables

ISBN-13: 9780679866688 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 112 str.

Victor Hugo; Monica Kulling; Monica Kulling

Opis

The classic novel--and hit Broadway show--about escaped convict Jean Valjean has been adapted with easy-to-read text, large type, and short chapters.This engaging adaptation of the timeless tale is ideal for reluctant readers and kids not yet ready to tackle the original."

Recenzje

Rich and gorgeous. This is the [translation] to read and if you are flying, just carry it under your arm as you board, or better still, rebook your holiday and go by train, slowly, page by page. Jeanette Winterson, The Times (London)

[A] magnificent story marvelously captured in this new unabridged translation by Julie Rose. The Denver Post

A new translation by Julie Rose of Hugo s behemoth classic that is as racy and current and utterly arresting as it should be. Buffalo News (editor s choice)

Vibrant and readable, idiomatic and well suited to a long narrative, [Julie Rose s new translation of Les Miserables] is closer to the captivating tone Hugo would have struck for his own contemporaries. Diane Johnson

A lively, dramatic, and wonderfully readable translation of one of the greatest 19th-century novels. Alison Lurie

Some of us may have read Les Miserables back in the day, but between Gopnik and Rose, you ll get two introductions that will offer you all the pleasures of your college instruction with none of the pain. The Agony Column

O autorze

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), der große Literat der französischen Hochromantik, musste 1851 Frankreich verlassen und lebte bis 1870 in Belgien, Jersey und Guernsey. Die Jahre im Exil wurden zu seiner literarisch fruchtbarsten Zeit.