Jean Valjean is paroled after serving 19 years in prison for stealing some bread. He tries to steal silverware from a missionary, but is set straight by a bishop. Nine years later, Valjean is now a wealthy industrialist and mayor. He eventually befriends Fantine, a single mother turned prostitute and risks all when he helps her after she's nearly arrested by police officer Javert. Javert was a guard at the prison Valjean was in and is suspicious that the mayor and Valjean are the same person.
year: 1997, 1987, 2005, 2008, 1992, 1996, 1982, 1964, 2012, 1905, 1960, 2013, 1931, 1925, 1961
call number/section: 1000, 843.7, 741.5
subjects: paris (france), social life and customs, 19th century, fiction, france, epic literature, ex-convicts, fiction, orphans, historical fiction, france history napoleonic wars fiction, history, restoration, 1814-1830, july revolution, 1830, 1815-1914
Editions
Hugo, Victor
Distributed by Random House (1997)
Traces the life of Jean Valjean, a peasant who steals a loaf of bread to feed his starving children and thereby becomes a convict.
Schools: 4
Hugo, Victor
Signet Classic (1987)
Traces the life of Jean Valjean, a peasant who steals a loaf of bread to feed his starving children and thereby becomes a convict.
Schools: 3
Hugo, Victor
Pocket Books (2005)
Presents Victor Hugo's classic novel about convict Jean-Valjean who struggles to escape his past in a world of poverty and ignorance during the French Revolution; and includes explanatory notes, chronology of the author's life and work, critical analysis, timeline of important events, and an outline of key themes and plots.
Schools: 3
Hugo, Victor
Modern Library (2008)
Story of Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean.
Schools: 1
Hugo, Victor
Modern Library (1992)
Presents an English translation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.
Schools: 5
Hugo, Victor
(1996)
Schools: 1
Hugo, Victor
Penguin Books (1982)
Presents an English translation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.
Schools: 3
Hugo, Victor
Washington Square Press (1964)
In nineteenth-century France a reformed ex-convict, Jean Baljean, finds himself threatened by events and people from his past.
Schools: 4
Hugo, Victor
Penguin Books (2012)
Presents an English translation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.
Schools: 11
Hugo, Victor
Schools: 6
Hugo, Victor
Heath (1905)
Schools: 0
Hugo, Victor
Dodd (1960)
Schools: 0
Jackman, Hugh
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2013)
Jean Valjean is paroled after serving 19 years in prison for stealing some bread. He tries to steal silverware from a missionary, but is set straight by a bishop. Nine years later, Valjean is now a wealthy industrialist and mayor. He eventually befriends Fantine, a single mother turned prostitute and risks all when he helps her after she's nearly arrested by police officer Javert. Javert was a guard at the prison Valjean was in and is suspicious that the mayor and Valjean are the same person.
Schools: 0
Hugo, Victor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2013)
The 2012 motion picture adaptation of the stage musical in which, after escaping from unjust imprisonment, Jean Valjean tries to become a respectable citizen but is pursued by an ambitious policeman who threatens to take back his freedom.
Schools: 0
Hugo, Victor
The Modern library (1931)
Schools: 0
Hugo, Victor
Dodd,Mead and Company (1925)
Schools: 0
Hugo, Victor
Fawcett (1961)
Schools: 0
Hugo, Victor
Fawcett (1961)
Schools: 0
Silvermoon, Crystal
A graphic novel adaptation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.
Schools: 1
Hugo, Victor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2013)
The 2012 motion picture adaptation of the stage musical in which, after escaping from unjust imprisonment, Jean Valjean tries to become a respectable citizen but is pursued by an ambitious policeman who threatens to take back his freedom.
Schools: 1
Jackman, Hugh
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2013)
Jean Valjean is paroled after serving 19 years in prison for stealing some bread. He tries to steal silverware from a missionary, but is set straight by a bishop. Nine years later, Valjean is now a wealthy industrialist and mayor. He eventually befriends Fantine, a single mother turned prostitute and risks all when he helps her after she's nearly arrested by police officer Javert. Javert was a guard at the prison Valjean was in and is suspicious that the mayor and Valjean are the same person.
Schools: 1
Hugo, Victor
The Modern library (1931)
Schools: 0
Hugo, Victor
Schools: 1