Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

I am reading a classic book now. By the way I am reading two more books too. Yeah, I know it is a little bit much but that's the first one that I read 3 three books at the time!
My Currently-Reading List:
1-Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
2- All The Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry
2- The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski

• I am going to post these book's plot and extras tomorrow. And now our topic is; Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• Why am I reading this book?
• I always want to read classic book but I always change my mind because of Young-adult and historical-romance books. And now, our Literature teacher gives us a homework about reading one of the classic books that she lists and give it to us and we picked one of them. My choice is : Les Misérables by Victor Hugo...

PLOT: 
Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean - the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread - Les Misérables (1862) ranks among the greatest novels of all time. In it Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, immerses them in a battle between good and evil, and carries them onto the barricades during the uprising of 1832 with a breathtaking realism that is unsurpassed in modern prose. 

Within his dramatic story are themes that capture the intellect and the emotions: crime and punishment, the relentless persecution of Valjean by Inspector Javert, the desperation of the prostitute Fantine, the amorality of the rogue Thénardier and the universal desire to escape the prisons of our own minds. Les Misérables gave Victor Hugo a canvas upon which he portrayed his criticism of the French political and judicial systems, but the portrait which resulted is larger than life, epic in scope - an extravagant spectacle that dazzles the senses even as it touches the heart. 

This Signet Classic edition is a new version translated by Lee Fahnestock and Norman MacAfee, based on the classic nineteenth-century Charles E. Wilbour translation.

VICTOR HUGO:

Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831 (known in English asThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame).

Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He was buried in the Panthéon

I am going to publish my review about this book, but the starting is so interesting, I also love this book now!