The Poor. Volume 5: Jean Valjean.: New translation and adaptation by Laurent Paul Sueur.

The Poor. Volume 5: Jean Valjean.: New translation and adaptation by Laurent Paul Sueur.

by Laurent Paul Sueur
The Poor. Volume 5: Jean Valjean.: New translation and adaptation by Laurent Paul Sueur.

The Poor. Volume 5: Jean Valjean.: New translation and adaptation by Laurent Paul Sueur.

by Laurent Paul Sueur

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Overview

Man does not reach his own nature automatically. He bears within himself the possibility of barbarity, the eventuality of humanity, and must therefore choose between the madness of his instincts and the ethereal heights of his intelligence. This is the aim of life. Fleeing his monstrous childhood without forgetting it, he can build a civilized society with other people who have also attained a firmament of compassionate reason.
Jean Valjean, the main character of this novel, follows the chaotic path of this human nature. Inhumane creature at the beginning of the book, he slowly turns into a righteous man who understands that his free will can open the gates of wisdom and help other people to become human beings.
Ever since the time of Victor Hugo the world has chosen to ignore Jean Valjean's advice. Every day, individual barbarity gains ground, which creates a social hell that will not last forever. I hope the new translation and adaptation of this chef-d'oeuvre will help the readers to change their mind. Literature is the consciousness of nations; the sublime truth of words enlightens the beast: the looking glass sheds light on his cruelty. Reader, you are about to look in the mirror; soon, it is reason, yours, that will prevent you from breaking the truth into pieces.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781535537117
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 07/27/2016
Series: Poor , #5
Pages: 32
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.07(d)

About the Author

Victor Hugo is the most famous French writer even though Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little prince is the most popular novel of all time. He was a Tory politician who understood that a fair society depended upon the end of pauperism. If his first novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), enjoyed a huge success in France, Les misérables (1862) turned him into a kind of prophet whose aim was to show mankind the path toward goodness.
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