Les Misérables. Volume 1. Volume 2 (set of 2 books)

The famous novel-epic by Victor Hugo about the lives of people rejected by society. Among the 'outcasts' is Jean Valjean, sentenced to twenty years of hard labor for stealing bread for his starving family, little Cosette, who has turned into a charming girl, and the cheerful street urchin Gavroche. The confrontation between the criminal world of Paris and the police, the disputes of political parties and battles on the barricades, monastic laws and the church system — a brilliant depiction of French society in the early 19th century.
The novel has endured numerous adaptations.