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Wilbour translation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eInlcudes an Introduction by Lee Fahnestock \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Chris Bohjalian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Hugo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Signet Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.20w x 2.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451419439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (1802-1885) was the son of a high-ranking officer in Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army. A man of literature and politics, he participated in vast changes as France careened back and forth between empire and more democratic forms of government. As a young man in Paris, he became well-known and sometimes notorious for his poetry, fiction, and plays. In 1845, the year that he began writing his masterwork, \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe king made him a peer of France, with a seat in the upper legislative body. There he advocated universal free education, general suffrage, and the abolition of capital punishment. When an uprising in 1848 ushered in a republic, he stopped writing \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e and concentrated on politics. But in 1851, when the president proclaimed himself emperor, Hugo's opposition forced him into a long exile on the British Channel Islands. There, in 1860, he resumed work on \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efinishing it the next year. With the downfall of the emperor in 1870, Hugo returned to France, where he received a hero's welcome as a champion of democracy. At his death in 1885, two million people lined the streets of Paris as his coffin was borne to the Pantheon. There he was laid to rest with every honor the French nation could bestow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hugo, Victor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48529530519780,"sku":"9780451419439","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780451419439.jpg?v=1777350772"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/collections\/Untitled_design_60.png?v=1660445234","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/collections\/signet-books.oembed?page=2","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}