Out of extreme poverty Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread and then spends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years he rises socially and is a respectable member of society; but policeman Javert will not allow him to forget his past and is determined to expose him.
Les Misérables
ISBN: 3596141877
ISBN 13: 9783596141876
Publication Date: 1998
Publisher: Fischer
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Authors: Leonore Fleischer, Victor Hugo, Rafael Yglesias