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Les Miserables

By: Victor Hugo
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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 Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Miserables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert.

Hugo describes early 19th-century France with a sweeping power that gives his novel epic stature. Among the most famous chapters are the account of the battle of Waterloo and Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers.

(P)1996 Blackstone Audiobooks Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Crime Middle Ages
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I follow Frederick Davidson to wherever he narrates. He had a unique gift.
Les Miserables is a tapestry of Justice and Mercy, for which I haven't seen a parallel outside Scripture.
Beware, French Literature pivots on the poignancy of death. Dry eyes only for cold hearts or unimaginative ones.

It's a Classic for a Reason

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A masterpiece... and just as relevant and docially insightful today as when it was written

Hugo's Classic

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I know he’s famous for his narration but I found the reader’s voice unbearable. I’ve already dumped other books with him, but somehow I ended up with this one. His affected way of talking is likened to the camp comedian Tom Allen.
The fabulous story is what made me continue.

Terrible narrator

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I struggled at first with the sneering tone in the narration, either that changed or I got used to it, but by about 3 hours in, I began to enjoy it and loved the narration by the end. I thoroughly loved this book, the story, the characters, the settings, the era, and the battles between characters and their conscience, which makes this for me a perfect read.

A perfect book

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Only able to listen to 2 chapters, could not get into this book at all.
definitely not to our liking.

Dissatisfied listener

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