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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374223238
ISBN-13
9780374223236
eBay Product ID (ePID)
229543166
Product Key Features
Book Title
Novel of the Century : the Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
European / French
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
6.5 in
Item Width
9.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-049133
Reviews
"[Bellos is] a crisp stylist capable of seizing the readers' attention and holding it effortlessly . . . Anyone who loves Hugo, France, and the French language will revel in this delightful book that explains all the intimacies of 19th-century French life." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "David Bellos, whose distinguished career has been dedicated to propagating appreciation of French fiction in the resistant Anglophone world, makes a grand claim for Les Misrables . It is, against (to take other champions) Tolstoy, Dickens, and Melville, the novel of the nineteenth century. He follows its course from first stirrings to most recent adaptation. He proves his case." --John Sutherland, author of Lives of the Novelists and Orwell's Nose " The Novel of the Century is the best, most instructive book about Les Misrables ever written--the shrewdest, the most knowledgeable, the most detailed, the most enthusiastic, and the most enjoyable." --Paul Berman, author of A Tale of Two Utopias and Power and the Idealists "It is possible for a book to have adventures as well as recount them. David Bellos's witty, informed, but never overloaded work proves the case thoroughly. Here we learn a great deal about the career of a writer, the turbulent politics of his times, the composition of a great novel, and the life and afterlife of the novel itself. And whether the subject is exile, poverty, suffrage, Hugo's 'split mind' during the 1848 Revolution, or the complications of the word 'miserable' in English and French, the sense of adventure never lapses. The recurring, multifaceted question posed by Les Misrables , as Bellos says, is not whether good will triumph over evil, but 'how hard it is to be good.'" --Michael Wood, author of Yeats and Violence and Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much "In this lively and engaging account of the making of Les Misrables , David Bellos captures the brilliance not only of Victor Hugo's novel but also of its conception, execution, and publication. His learned study bristles with insights on topics great and small--from French history, politics, and linguistic registers to the meaning of colors, coinage, dates, and modes of transport in the book to its untranslatable title and its many adaptations worldwide. The story behind the greatest novel of the nineteenth century will enchant both popular and scholarly readers, who will come away with an even deeper understanding of and appreciation for Hugo's prose masterwork." --Kathryn Grossman, Pennsylvania State University "In full command of the artistic and moral complexities of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, as well as of the social and political conditions in nineteenth-century France, David Bellos offers the reader a comprehensive view of Hugo's creative genius and of the historical circumstances of the great novel's composition. He does so with brio and humor, and in a distinctly personal voice." --Victor Brombert, author of Victor Hugo and the Visionary Novel, "David Bellos, whose distinguished career has been dedicated to propagating appreciation of French Fiction in the resistant Anglophone world, makes a grand claim for Les Miserables . It is, against (to take other champions) Tolstoy, Dickens, and Melville, the novel of the nineteenth century. He follows the novel's course from first stirrings to most recent adaptation. He proves his case." --John Sutherland, author of Lives of the Novelists and Orwell's Nose "In full command of the artistic and moral complexities of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, as well as of the social and political conditions in 19th century France, David Bellos offers the reader a comprehensive view of Hugo's creative genius and of the historical circumstances of the great novel's composition. He does so with brio, humor, and in a distinctly personal voice." --Victor Brombert, author of Victor Hugo and the Visionary Novel "In this lively and engaging account of the making of Les Misrables , David Bellos captures the brilliance not only of Victor Hugo's novel but also of its conception, execution, and publication. His learned study bristles with insights on topics great and small -- from French history, politics, and linguistic registers to the meaning of colors, coinage, dates, and modes of transport in the book to its untranslatable title and its many adaptations worldwide. The story behind the greatest novel of the nineteenth century will enchant both popular and scholarly readers, who will come away with an even deeper understanding of and appreciation for Hugo's prose masterwork." --Kathryn Grossman, Penn State University, "[Bellos is] a crisp stylist capable of seizing the readers' attention and holding it effortlessly . . . Anyone who loves Hugo, France, and the French language will revel in this delightful book that explains all the intimacies of 19th-century French life." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "As Bellos, a translator of French literature, proves here, the story of how Victor Hugo's classic novel came to life is a challenging, complex, and utterly engrossing epic all its own . . . There are tidbits of trivia sprinkled effervescently throughout (Bellos notes that reluctant readers may read just one chapter a day--the novel contains 365), along with serious considerations of Hugo's relationship to the French language, his moral universe, and his political intentions for a book that spawned countless spin-offs." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "David Bellos, whose distinguished career has been dedicated to propagating appreciation of French fiction in the resistant Anglophone world, makes a grand claim for Les Misrables . It is, against (to take other champions) Tolstoy, Dickens, and Melville, the novel of the nineteenth century. He follows its course from first stirrings to most recent adaptation. He proves his case." --John Sutherland, author of Lives of the Novelists and Orwell's Nose " The Novel of the Century is the best, most instructive book about Les Misrables ever written--the shrewdest, the most knowledgeable, the most detailed, the most enthusiastic, and the most enjoyable." --Paul Berman, author of A Tale of Two Utopias and Power and the Idealists "It is possible for a book to have adventures as well as recount them. David Bellos's witty, informed, but never overloaded work proves the case thoroughly. Here we learn a great deal about the career of a writer, the turbulent politics of his times, the composition of a great novel, and the life and afterlife of the novel itself. And whether the subject is exile, poverty, suffrage, Hugo's 'split mind' during the 1848 Revolution, or the complications of the word 'miserable' in English and French, the sense of adventure never lapses. The recurring, multifaceted question posed by Les Misrables , as Bellos says, is not whether good will triumph over evil, but 'how hard it is to be good.'" --Michael Wood, author of Yeats and Violence and Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much "In this lively and engaging account of the making of Les Misrables , David Bellos captures the brilliance not only of Victor Hugo's novel but also of its conception, execution, and publication. His learned study bristles with insights on topics great and small--from French history, politics, and linguistic registers to the meaning of colors, coinage, dates, and modes of transport in the book to its untranslatable title and its many adaptations worldwide. The story behind the greatest novel of the nineteenth century will enchant both popular and scholarly readers, who will come away with an even deeper understanding of and appreciation for Hugo's prose masterwork." --Kathryn Grossman, Pennsylvania State University "In full command of the artistic and moral complexities of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, as well as of the social and political conditions in nineteenth-century France, David Bellos offers the reader a comprehensive view of Hugo's creative genius and of the historical circumstances of the great novel's composition. He does so with brio and humor, and in a distinctly personal voice." --Victor Brombert, author of Victor Hugo and the Visionary Novel, "[Bellos is] a crisp stylist capable of seizing the readers' attention and holding it effortlessly . . . Anyone who loves Hugo, France, and the French language will revel in this delightful book that explains all the intimacies of 19th-century French life." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "As Bellos, a translator of French literature, proves here, the story of how Victor Hugo's classic novel came to life is a challenging, complex, and utterly engrossing epic all its own . . . There are tidbits of trivia sprinkled effervescently throughout (Bellos notes that reluctant readers may read just one chapter a day--the novel contains 365), along with serious considerations of Hugo's relationship to the French language, his moral universe, and his political intentions for a book that spawned countless spin-offs." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Like its indomitable protagonist, Les Misrables absorbs abuse and survives. The astonishing story of a story." -- Bryce Christensen, Booklist (starred review) "David Bellos, whose distinguished career has been dedicated to propagating appreciation of French fiction in the resistant Anglophone world, makes a grand claim for Les Misrables . It is, against (to take other champions) Tolstoy, Dickens, and Melville, the novel of the nineteenth century. He follows its course from first stirrings to most recent adaptation. He proves his case." --John Sutherland, author of Lives of the Novelists and Orwell's Nose " The Novel of the Century is the best, most instructive book about Les Misrables ever written--the shrewdest, the most knowledgeable, the most detailed, the most enthusiastic, and the most enjoyable." --Paul Berman, author of A Tale of Two Utopias and Power and the Idealists "It is possible for a book to have adventures as well as recount them. David Bellos's witty, informed, but never overloaded work proves the case thoroughly. Here we learn a great deal about the career of a writer, the turbulent politics of his times, the composition of a great novel, and the life and afterlife of the novel itself. And whether the subject is exile, poverty, suffrage, Hugo's 'split mind' during the 1848 Revolution, or the complications of the word 'miserable' in English and French, the sense of adventure never lapses. The recurring, multifaceted question posed by Les Misrables , as Bellos says, is not whether good will triumph over evil, but 'how hard it is to be good.'" --Michael Wood, author of Yeats and Violence and Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much "In this lively and engaging account of the making of Les Misrables , David Bellos captures the brilliance not only of Victor Hugo's novel but also of its conception, execution, and publication. His learned study bristles with insights on topics great and small--from French history, politics, and linguistic registers to the meaning of colors, coinage, dates, and modes of transport in the book to its untranslatable title and its many adaptations worldwide. The story behind the greatest novel of the nineteenth century will enchant both popular and scholarly readers, who will come away with an even deeper understanding of and appreciation for Hugo's prose masterwork." --Kathryn Grossman, Pennsylvania State University "In full command of the artistic and moral complexities of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, as well as of the social and political conditions in nineteenth-century France, David Bellos offers the reader a comprehensive view of Hugo's creative genius and of the historical circumstances of the great novel's composition. He does so with brio and humor, and in a distinctly personal voice." --Victor Brombert, author of Victor Hugo and the Visionary Novel, "In full command of the artistic and moral complexities of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, as well as of the social and political conditions in 19th century France, David Bellos offers the reader a comprehensive view of Hugo's creative genius and of the historical circumstances of the great novel's composition. He does so with brio, humor, and in a distinctly personal voice." --Victor Brombert, author of Victor Hugo and the Visionary Novel "In this lively and engaging account of the making of Les Misrables , David Bellos captures the brilliance not only of Victor Hugo's novel but also of its conception, execution, and publication. His learned study bristles with insights on topics great and small -- from French history, politics, and linguistic registers to the meaning of colors, coinage, dates, and modes of transport in the book to its untranslatable title and its many adaptations worldwide. The story behind the greatest novel of the nineteenth century will enchant both popular and scholarly readers, who will come away with an even deeper understanding of and appreciation for Hugo's prose masterwork." --Kathryn Grossman, Penn State University, "In full command of the artistic and moral complexities of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, as well as of the social and political conditions in 19th century France, David Bellos offers the reader a comprehensive view of Hugo's creative genius and of the historical circumstances of the great novel's composition. He does so with brio, humor, and in a distinctly personal voice." --Victor Brombert, author of Victor Hugo and the Visionary Novel
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
843.7
Synopsis
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award, 2017 Les Mis rables is among the most popular and enduring novels ever written. Like Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean, its appeal has never waned, but only grown broader in its one-hundred-and-fifty-year life. Whether we encounter Victor Hugo's story on the page, onstage, or on-screen, Les Mis rables continues to captivate while also, perhaps unexpectedly, speaking to contemporary concerns. In The Novel of the Century , the acclaimed scholar and translator David Bellos tells us why. This enchanting biography of a classic of world literature is written for " Les Mis " fanatics and novices alike. Casting decades of scholarship into accessible narrative form, Bellos brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d' tat, and political exile; how he pulled off a pathbreaking deal to get it published; and how his approach to the "social question" would define his era's moral imagination. More than an ode to Hugo's masterpiece, The Novel of the Century also shows that what Les Mis rables has to say about poverty, history, and revolution is full of meaning today., 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 Century brings 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 of Les Misérables are full of meaning for our time.
LC Classification Number
PQ2286.B45 2017
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