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Les Misérables — Victor Hugo’s novel, published in 1862 in ten volumes
A novel in ten volumes, written largely in exile, following a released convict across two decades of French history. The bookselling success was immediate and lasting; the first edition appeared simultaneously at Paris and Brussels, and bibliographers have argued ever since which of the two came first. (Editorial synthesis)
Les Misérables was published in 1862. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded author of Les Misérables: Victor Hugo.
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