Due to the popularity of Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les MisTrables (1862), Hugo (1802-1885) is the most widely read French novelist in the English-speaking world. With a critique of his verse a
For general and undergraduate audiences, two Michigan State U. French professors offer an advanced Cliff Notes version of Madame Bovary (1857), and background on Flaubert's life, his view of marri
Les Miserables, 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,