The novel of the century: the extraordinary adventure of Les Misérables
Bellos, David
The definitive biography of the world’s most popular novel
Putting a century of scholarship on one of the world’s most enduring popular novels into accessible, narrative form, this new approach to a classic of world literature is written for a wide general readership. Packed full of information about the book’s origins and later career on stage and screen,The Novel of the Centurybrings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d’état, and political exile; how he pulled off the deal of the century to get it published; and how he set it on course to become the novel that epitomizes the grand sweep of history in the nineteenth century. This biography of a masterpiece also shows how and why the moral and social messages ofLes Misérablesare full of meaning for our time.
Putting a century of scholarship on one of the world’s most enduring popular novels into accessible, narrative form, this new approach to a classic of world literature is written for a wide general readership. Packed full of information about the book’s origins and later career on stage and screen,The Novel of the Centurybrings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d’état, and political exile; how he pulled off the deal of the century to get it published; and how he set it on course to become the novel that epitomizes the grand sweep of history in the nineteenth century. This biography of a masterpiece also shows how and why the moral and social messages ofLes Misérablesare full of meaning for our time.
კატეგორია:
წელი:
2017
გამოცემა:
First American edition
გამომცემლობა:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ენა:
english
ISBN 10:
0374716293
ISBN 13:
9780374716295
ფაილი:
EPUB, 2.60 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2017
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