Les Misérables Essay Examples and Topics

The world that we live in can be cruel, frightening, and a miserable place. Les Miserables can also be rephrased as ‘The Poor’, ‘ The outcasts’ or ‘The oppressed’. And true to its title, the movie or Victor Hugo made sure that we know that…

Les Miserables perfectly explained what redemption is and how it works. In many ways, Jean Valjean is redeemed by his acts, which constitute penance for the wrongs he committed earlier in life. Jean Valjean becomes a father to the fatherless, a forgiver of his enemy,…

The book I read is written by Victor Hugo titled, “Les Miserables” which was a historical drama. It contains 1,900 pages in the original French and 1,400 pages in the English version which was the one I read. This follows the lives of many of…

Based on the film “Les Miserables” many themes are displayed. One of them is social injustice. The social significance of Les Miserables is that there is a genuine trade about being poor and having no social or political power. Valjean, Fantine, and other characters show…

Les Miserables tells the story of Jean Valjean an ex-convict. He was sent to jail for stealing a loaf of bread for his sick young niece. After nine years in prison, he is let on parole and sets out to find a job. Due to…

Les Misérables is a French historical novel published in 1862 by Victor Hugo. The novel has a musical drama film directed by Tom Hooper released in 2012. It is about an ex-convict, Jean Valjean, who was prisoned to jail for 19 years for stealing a…

Les Misérables is a 2012 musical film, directed by Tom Hooper. It is an adaptation of the 1862 Victor Hugo French novel of a similar name. It stars Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Eddie Redmayne as Marius,…

24601. A very significant number in the musical. It is the prison code for the main protagonist Jean Valjean. I had made a mistake on the original order of the numbers believing it was 26401 in which I assumed was the authors code for “Too…