Les Misérables: Volume 2: Cosette - Book 4: The Gorbeau Hovel (Unabridged)
Written by Victor Hugo
Narrated by Peter Silverleaf
()
About this audiobook
BOOK 4: THE GORBEAU HOVEL: Forty years ago, a rambler who had ventured into that unknown country of the Salpêtrière, and who had mounted to the Barrière d'Italie by way of the boulevard, reached a point where it might be said that Paris disappeared.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet and novelist. Born in Besançon, Hugo was the son of a general who served in the Napoleonic army. Raised on the move, Hugo was taken with his family from one outpost to the next, eventually setting with his mother in Paris in 1803. In 1823, he published his first novel, launching a career that would earn him a reputation as a leading figure of French Romanticism. His Gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) was a bestseller throughout Europe, inspiring the French government to restore the legendary cathedral to its former glory. During the reign of King Louis-Philippe, Hugo was elected to the National Assembly of the French Second Republic, where he spoke out against the death penalty and poverty while calling for public education and universal suffrage. Exiled during the rise of Napoleon III, Hugo lived in Guernsey from 1855 to 1870. During this time, he published his literary masterpiece Les Misérables (1862), a historical novel which has been adapted countless times for theater, film, and television. Towards the end of his life, he advocated for republicanism around Europe and across the globe, cementing his reputation as a defender of the people and earning a place at Paris’ Panthéon, where his remains were interred following his death from pneumonia. His final words, written on a note only days before his death, capture the depth of his belief in humanity: “To love is to act.”
More audiobooks from Victor Hugo
Les Misérables (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLes Misérables: Volume One Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Top 10 Short Stories - The French: The top ten short stories of all time written by authors from France. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Poetry of Wind and Rain: Poets wax lyrical on the elements of showers to storms Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Les Misérables
Related audiobooks
The Shunned House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Knocker on Death's Door Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunchback of Notre Dame Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Les Misérables: Volume 4: The Idyll in the Rue Plumet and the Epic in the Rue St. Denis - Book 12: Corinthe (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLittle Dorrit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Les Misérables - Volume 2: Cosette (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLes Misérables: Volume 2: Cosette - Book 6: Le Petit-picpus (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLittle Dorrit (Unabridged) Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Prague Cemetery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Street Shaken by Light: The Story of William Neilson, Volume I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Le Pere Goriot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Father Goriot Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Therese Raquin Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Lady Audley's Secret Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tombes oubliées: Une enquête de Nora Kelly: Nora Kelly 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wrong Shape: A Father Brown Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mansions of Murder: Brother Athelstan Medieval Mysteries, Book 18 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5These Twain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwo on a Tower Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Dream Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture in the House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBleak House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Runner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Care of Wooden Floors: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Chambers (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCriminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Classics For You
Their Eyes Were Watching God Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Old Man and the Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Sherlock Holmes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Fountainhead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Gatsby Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crucible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Kill a Mockingbird Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankenstein Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Ships: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Atlas Shrugged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Farewell to Arms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For Whom the Bell Tolls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stone Blind: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5War & Peace - Volume I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pride and Prejudice: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sense and Sensibility Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emma: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Schindler's List Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tale of Two Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Prince: Machiavelli Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Les Misérables
0 ratings0 reviews