Penguin Select Classics: Les Misérables: (Original Unabridged Classic)

‘To love another person is to see the face of God.’ How crushing and dizzying the hunger must be that you’re led to steal a bite of bread only to pay for it with your entire life.Jean Valjean an ex-convict who is released from prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread. Struggling to find redemption and live an honest life he is constantly pursued by the relentless Inspector Javert. On this journey he meets Fantine a woman who is forced to sell her hair and her teeth to support her daughter Cosette. Both Valjean and a young student Maris are in love with Cosette but their lives require bigger miracles and this is a tiny problem.But love is their saviour Valjean’s love for Cosette helps him to find redemption and Marius’s love for Cosette helps him to find courage.Les Misérables is a complex story that displays how unequal wealth dictates lives and the power of love.