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Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1862
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 1450

A convict jailed nineteen years for stealing bread is shown one act of mercy and spends the rest of his life passing it on, with an implacable policeman on his heels the whole way.

The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved.
Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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