Victor Hugo - Les Misérables - 1880

Fascinating and magnificent ensemble of one of the literary monuments of the 19th century, at once a social novel, historical epic, and philosophical meditation -

Hugo unfolds a bustling narration that follows the fate of Jean Valjean, a former convict in search of redemption, confronted with poverty, justice, and love, while crossing a multitude of iconic characters — Cosette, Javert, Marius, Gavroche — who embody the social and moral tensions of post-revolutionary France -

The work is distinguished by its encyclopedic scope, mixing novelistic narrative, historical digressions (notably on Waterloo and the barricades), social reflections and spiritual meditations, in a lyrical and powerful style that illustrates Hugo’s vision of a total novel -

The whole illustrates Hugo’s desire to make the novel an instrument of social conscience and moral transformation, offering contemporaries an engaged work and modern bibliophiles a precious testimony on the reception and editorial staging of a universal masterpiece -

Victor Hugo - Les Misérables - SD (Circa 1880) - Tome I, II, III, IV and V -
396, 348, 308, 430 and 360 Pages.

Very good condition of the bindings, works in their original red half-leather, marbled boards, light signs of use, speckled edges, smooth spine adorned with cold-ruled borders, gilded titles, tomaisons and author’s name -

Good interior condition, browning, works enriched with an engraved title and fine engravings in black within and outside the text, endpapers in decent condition, a fine set -

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