Les Miserables (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books) (Modern Library Giants G3)

viii, 1222 pp. 8vo. Original pink cloth with red title and decorations, red top edge. Translated by Charles E. Wilbour. "Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Miserables is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed."