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Wanted: Readers of this epic tale of poverty, heroism, and love!

Travel back to nineteenth-century France with Jean Valjean, an ex-convict, as he tries to put his criminal past behind him.

Will he manage to escape from the ruthless Police Inspector Javert, who is determined to see him behind bars again?  Can he build a life with Cosette, an orphaned girl he has rescued from poverty and neglect?

When Cosette grows up and falls in love with the handsome Marius Pontmercy, will Jean Valjean let Cosette go? Or will the revolution sweeping through Paris tear all their lives apart?

Read this marvelous retelling of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and find out!

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Marcia Williams

Marcia Williams

1945 -
British
Marcia Williams has written and illustrated many books in her highly successful and entertaining comic-strip style.  Among her many retellings ... See more

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