Les Misérables Vol III: Jean Valjean - Victor Hugo - Bookniverse

Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, set between 1815 and the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris. Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, following the lives and interactions of several characters: ex-convict Jean Valjean, the grisette Fantine and her daughter Cosette, the inspector Javert, the rogue Th?nardier and his family, the revolutionist Enjolras, and the student Marius. The novel elaborates upon the history of modern France, justice, religion, and the nature of romantic and familial love. Volume III finds the revolution on the brink of collapse, as Valjean juggles between rescuing Javert and Marius and his aversion to them. Having survived the revolution, Marius is reunited with Cosette, but has to confront the truth of Valjean’s past. Meanwhile, Th?nardier tries to defraud Marius using his old tricks, and unknowingly helps to untangle the truth of everything…