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Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

An escaped convict steals two candlesticks and uses the proceeds to redeem himself and become an honest man.

Themes: Fiction · Drama

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Victor Hugo opens *Les Misérables* not with Jean Valjean but with an aging bishop shrouded in rumors. He warns us: 'True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives as that which they do.' Keep that lens handy—you'll need to decide what's real and what's just talk.

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