Les Miserables - stage 1

France, 1815. Jean Valjean leaves prison after nineteen years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard. Valjean must begin a new life, but how can he escape his past, and his enemy, Inspector Javert?

This story for Bookworms is loosely based on the famous novel "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo, one of France's greatest writers. The novel was written in 1862, and the story has been retold many times - in a musical, in plays for radio and theatre, and in more than fifty films for television and cinema.

Summary

Word Count 7,250

Foreword

France, 1815. Jean Valjean leaves prison after nineteen years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Hugo
• Assisted by: Giorgio Bacchin (Illustration), Jennifer Bassett (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2012
• EAN: 9780194794404
• ISBN: 978-0-19-479440-4
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 1 (400 Headwords); Oxford Bookworms Library Current Edition; Oxford Bookworms Factfiles Current Edition; Oxford Bookworms ELT; Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 1 (400 Headwords); Oxford Bookworms Library Current Edition; Oxford Bookworms Library
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Englisch; Lektüre, English, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers, Language readers