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Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo ...

It has been said that Victor Hugo has a street named after him in virtually every town in France. A major reason for the singular celebrity of this most popular and versatile of the great French writers is Les Misérables (1862). In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean — a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ... Read more

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It has been said that Victor Hugo has a street named after him in virtually every town in France. A major reason for the singular celebrity of this most popular and versatile of the great French writers is Les Misérables (1862). In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean — a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized,
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo ...

In the Gothic towers of the cathedral of Notre-Dame—which has been subjected to decades of degradation and neglect—lives its bell ringer, Quasimodo. Persecuted as wicked and pilloried for his broken appearance, he’s shown kindness only by the alluring Esmeralda, an outsider herself, who fills Quasimodo’s heart with a hope and devotion beyond reason. When she falls victim to the lies of the ... Read more

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In the Gothic towers of the cathedral of Notre-Dame—which has been subjected to decades of degradation and neglect—lives its bell ringer, Quasimodo. Persecuted as wicked and pilloried for his broken appearance, he’s shown kindness only by the alluring Esmeralda, an outsider herself, who fills Quasimodo’s heart with a hope and devotion beyond reason. When she falls victim to the lies of the
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Lone Women

A Novel

by Victor LaValle ...

Series series The LaValle Quartet
**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an “absorbing, powerful” (BuzzFeed) new vision of the American West, from the award-winning author of The Changeling.“Propulsive . . . LaValle combines chills with deep insights into our country’s divides.”—Los Angeles ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an “absorbing, powerful” (BuzzFeed) new vision of the American West, from the award-winning author of The Changeling.“Propulsive . . . LaValle combines chills with deep insights into our country’s divides.”—Los Angeles
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Notre-Dame de Paris

(The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)

by Victor Hugo ...

Series series The Collected Works of Victor Hugo
“The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.”Abandoned as a baby, hunchbacked Quasimodo grows up in the shadows of the bells of Notre-Dame. His simple life is shattered when his guardian, Archdeacon Frollo, orders him to kidnap the young Romani dancer Esmeralda, the focus of Frollo’s obsessive lust. Failing to capture the girl, Quasimodo becomes ... Read more

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“The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.”Abandoned as a baby, hunchbacked Quasimodo grows up in the shadows of the bells of Notre-Dame. His simple life is shattered when his guardian, Archdeacon Frollo, orders him to kidnap the young Romani dancer Esmeralda, the focus of Frollo’s obsessive lust. Failing to capture the girl, Quasimodo becomes
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The Ballad of Black Tom

by Victor LaValle ...

One of NPR's Best Books of 2016, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the British Fantasy Award, the This is Horror Award for Novella of the Year, and a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker AwardsPeople move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there.Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his ... Read more

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One of NPR's Best Books of 2016, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the British Fantasy Award, the This is Horror Award for Novella of the Year, and a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker AwardsPeople move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there.Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his
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Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo ...

Series series The Works of Victor Hugo presented by Kobo Editions
“Before him he saw two roads, both equally straight; but he did see two; and that terrified him--he who had never in his life known anything but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory.”Ex-convict Jean Valjean is finally freed after nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. Having changed his name and become a respected business owner, his identity ... Read more

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“Before him he saw two roads, both equally straight; but he did see two; and that terrified him--he who had never in his life known anything but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory.”Ex-convict Jean Valjean is finally freed after nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. Having changed his name and become a respected business owner, his identity
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50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die Vol: 1 [newly updated] (Golden Deer Classics)

by Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, George Eliot, Leo Tolstoy, James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, Golden Deer Classics, Dante Alighieri, Honoré de Balzac, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, Samuel Butler, Miguel de Cervantes, Daniel Defoe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Flaubert, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Nikolai Gogol, The Brothers Grimm, Homer, Victor Hugo, Washington Irving, Henry James, Gaston Leroux, Jack London, Arthur Machen, Herman Melville, Marcel Proust, Mary Shelley, Stendhal, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sun Tzu, Jonathan Swift, William Makepeace Thackeray, Mark Twain ...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - The Divine Comedy [Dante Alighieri] - Emma [Jane Austen] - Persuasion [Jane Austen] - Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen] - Father Goriot [Honoré de Balzac] - Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë] - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë] - Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë] - The Way of All Flesh [Samuel Butler] - Don ... Read more

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This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - The Divine Comedy [Dante Alighieri] - Emma [Jane Austen] - Persuasion [Jane Austen] - Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen] - Father Goriot [Honoré de Balzac] - Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë] - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë] - Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë] - The Way of All Flesh [Samuel Butler] - Don
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50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 3 [newly updated] (Golden Deer Classics)

by Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Victor Hugo, Jane Austen, Jules Verne, Oscar Wilde, Golden Deer Classics, Arthur Conan Doyle, h.p Lovecraft, g.k Chesterton ...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - What's Bred in the Bone [Grant Allen] - The Golden Ass [Lucius Apuleius] - Meditations [Marcus Aurelius] - Northanger Abbey [Jane Austen] - Lady Susan par [Jane Austen] - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Lyman Frank Baum] - The Art of Public Speaking [Dale Breckenridge Carnegie] - The Blazing World [Margaret ... Read more

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This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - What's Bred in the Bone [Grant Allen] - The Golden Ass [Lucius Apuleius] - Meditations [Marcus Aurelius] - Northanger Abbey [Jane Austen] - Lady Susan par [Jane Austen] - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Lyman Frank Baum] - The Art of Public Speaking [Dale Breckenridge Carnegie] - The Blazing World [Margaret
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The Music Lesson

A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music

by Victor L. Wooten ...

From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them.The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part ... Read more

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From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them.The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part
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Les Miserables

by Victor Hugo ...

One of the greatest epic novels in history, Les Misérables is the moving story of Jean Valjean’s struggle for redemption and his lifelong pursuit by Javert, a police detective determined to return Valjean to chains. Always one step ahead of Javert, Valjean encounters the tragic Fantine, and ultimately rescues Fantine’s daughter, Cosette, from her wretched life with the Thénadiers, treating the ... Read more

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One of the greatest epic novels in history, Les Misérables is the moving story of Jean Valjean’s struggle for redemption and his lifelong pursuit by Javert, a police detective determined to return Valjean to chains. Always one step ahead of Javert, Valjean encounters the tragic Fantine, and ultimately rescues Fantine’s daughter, Cosette, from her wretched life with the Thénadiers, treating the
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Hollow Spaces

A Novel

by Victor Suthammanont ...

**A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Unspools with gorgeous precision. The heart of Hollow Spaces lies in the way children repeat their parents’ mistakes—and the not-so-casual racism in privileged spaces." —The New York Times Book ReviewThe only Asian American partner at a prestigious law firm sees his professional and personal life demolished ... Read more

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**A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Unspools with gorgeous precision. The heart of Hollow Spaces lies in the way children repeat their parents’ mistakes—and the not-so-casual racism in privileged spaces." —The New York Times Book ReviewThe only Asian American partner at a prestigious law firm sees his professional and personal life demolished
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The Changeling

A Novel

by Victor LaValle ...

Series series The LaValle Quartet
**“Mesmerizing . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”—Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogyNOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME**Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award ... Read more

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**“Mesmerizing . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”—Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogyNOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME**Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award
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