
Les Misérables
- Free to read
- 37 hours to read
- 362 chapters
- Reading level: 7th grade
"Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo is a French epic historical novel published in 1862. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, it follows ex-convict Jean Valjean's struggle for redemption. The novel explores the nature of law and grace, examining themes of justice, poverty, and love through the lives of interconnected characters in nineteenth-century France. Considered one of the greatest novels of its century, it depicts society's most downtrodden members and their fight for dignity.
- Historical fiction
- Orphans
- Paris (France)
- Epic literature
- Ex-convicts







