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  • Les Misérables I

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood ...
    Series series World Classics
    Jean Valjean has a background of a prisoner, but with a new identity he manages to create a career as a factory owner and a mayor.Not everyone is as lucky as Jean Valjean, though. A woman called Fantine has started to work at Jean Valjean's factory, but she soon gets fired due to an illegitimate child. Fantine has no choice – she is forced to to a life of prostitution.Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Day of a Condemned Man

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Translated by Eugenia De B. ...
    Series series World Classics
    A short novel about the final hours of a man sentenced to death, "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" can be read as a social critique and revolt against the institution of the death penalty. The protagonist wakes up every day with the same thought in his head, and a small grain of hope in his heart. He recalls his past errors of the time before his imprisonment, painting a sympathetic and apologetic ... Read more

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  • Claude Gueux

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Translated by Gilbert Campbell ...
    Series series World Classics
    Claude Gueux is a poor man living in Troyes. One day he decides to steal food for the sake of his family. Good intentions, however, don't save him in front of the law, and he ends up in prison. But Gueux is not a man who would easily give up – he is able to find friends even in the harsh prison conditions.'Claude Gueux' is Victor Hugo's short story first published in 1826, and it tells about the ... Read more

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  • The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood ...
    Series series World Classics
    In this classic tale from the French novelist Victor Hugo, we follow the adventures of the hunchback Quasimodo, who leads a solitary life in the bell tower of Notre-Dame de Paris. When his path crosses that of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, his world is turned upside down.With his romantic description of the cathedral, Victor Hugo sparked a wave of new interest for medieval architecture in France. ... Read more

    $31.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Les Misérables V

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood ...
    Series series World Classics
    The riots have taken over Paris, and Marius has gotten into trouble. Valjean has decided to save the kid's life – and by doing so, he is ready to risk his own life. But saving Marius is not the only crucial thing happening right now. Valjean is about to meet someone who he has been running away from for years – the inspector Javert.Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables' is one of the most significant ... Read more

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    You don’t have to live in Paris to experience her unique beauty, allure, and enchantment. With this dazzling literary celebration of the City of Light, you can stroll along the Seine with David Sedaris in Me Talk Pretty One Day, sample croissants in a patisserie with M.F.K. Fisher in As They Were, and savor Mona Lisa’s smile at the Louvre with Mark Twain in Innocents Abroad.With fascinating ... Read more

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  • The Path to Rome

    The Path to Rome is one of the most well-loved travel books of the past century. Legendary writer Hilaire Belloc tells of his walk from Southern France to Rome. But it is so much more than a travelogue. It is a history of Europe, and exploration of the English language, and journey to Christ and His Church. The Path to Rome is both the story of Hilaire Belloc and his path to becoming one of the ... Read more

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  • The White Paper

    by Jean Cocteau ...
    Cocteau's short work, published anonymously in 1928 by the author (who never admitted to writing it; just providing some pictures), was translated by Austryn Wainhouse for Olympia in the early '50s. This is the tale of a young man coming to grips with his own sexuality, seeking shelter in the church, and finally, in the land of Cambaceres, coming to terms with it. ... Read more

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  • Floor Games

    The jolliest indoor games for boys and girls demand a floor, and the home that has no floor upon which games may be played falls so far short of happiness. It must be a floor covered with linoleum or cork carpet, so that toy soldiers and such-like will stand up upon it, and of a color and surface that will take and show chalk marks; the common green- colored cork carpet without a pattern is the ... Read more

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  • Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Bulgarian Codex

    by Tim Symonds ...
    It's the year 1900. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive an urgent commission from the Prince Regnant of Bulgaria to come to Sofia. The Codex Zographensis, the most ancient and most sacred manuscript in the Old Bulgarian language has been stolen. Its disappearance could lead to the outbreak of war between Russia, Austro-Hungary and the Ottomans, three ageing empires disintegrating like great ... Read more

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  • Little Travels And Roadside Sketches (Mobi Classics)

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