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Les Misérables
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The complete and updated definitive translation. The introduction provides much necessary background.
Hugo, Victor.
Les Misérables
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Four Novels for Adventure.
Eds. Edmund Fuller and Olga Ochtenhagen. New York: Harcourt, 1960, 167-444.
An abridged translation. Contains footnotes, an insightful afterward, and study questions.