Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables presents a vast panorama of Parisian society and its under-world. The novel elaborates upon the history of France, the architecture and urban design of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love.
Jean Valjean is the protagonist of the novel. He spends long nineteen years in prison with fearsome prison hulks. After being released, Valjean starts a new life under the name Monsieur Madeleine but his hardships do not leave him. He is haunted by his criminal past time and again.
To add fuel to the fire, Valjean’s former jailer Javert identifies him, setting the stage for an epic game of cat-and mouse. Valjean eventually gives himself up for the sake of his adopted daughter, Cosette, and her husband, Marius.
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