Victor Hugo
Author
Publisher
HarperEnfoque
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
Si recibieras una llamada inesperada para hacer una película sobre tu vida, ¿sería una película cautivadora, llena de riesgo, batalla y victoria? ¿O sería una de esas películas en las que las personas salen del cine antes de que acabe?Todos hemos escuchado sobre grandes historias de héroes famosos, hombres y mujeres que han dejado huella y han marcado la diferencia. Pero... ¿qué hay de tu vida? ¿Puedes hacer de ella una de esas grandes...
Author
Publisher
HarperEnfoque
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Live the story of your life at the highest level. If you received an unexpected call to make a film about your life, would it be a captivating film, full of risk, battles, and victory? Or would it be one of those films where people leave the theater before it's finished? We've all heard great stories about famous heroes, those men and women who have gone down in history having made a difference. But what might be said about your life? Could you make...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, the work follows Jean Valjean, a victim of society who has been imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and mayor of a northern town. Despite this he is haunted by an impulsive, regretted former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert. Valjean eventually...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from today’s top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, distributed by Findaway World
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Les Miserables is not only a superb adventure, but also a powerful social document. In a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, convict Jean-Valjean struggles to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity and becomes the gospel of the poor. "Hugo's classic tale set against the backdrop of political upheaval in 19th-century France retains its timeless appeal.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this graphic version of the story, Quasimodo, the reviled bell-ringer of Notre Dame, becomes a hero when he rescues the gypsy girl Esmeralda from an unjust sentence of death.