Les Misérables
1862 novel by Victor Hugo
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Summary
Les Misérables is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.084% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53,442 views/month, #24 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Victor Hugo[3]
- Illustrator: Émile Bayard[4]
- Genre: tragedy[5], historical fiction[6]
- Depicts: Battle of Waterloo[7], Paris Uprising of 1832[8]
- Commons category: Les Misérables[9]
- Language of work or name: French[10]
- Country of origin: France[11]
- Publication date: 1862[12]
- Translator: Charles Edwin Wilbour[13]
- Characters: Jean Valjean[14], Cosette[15], Gavroche[16], Bishop Myriel[17], Enjolras[18], Javert[19], Fantine[20], Marius Pontmercy[21], Monsieur Thénardier[22], Éponine[23], Azelma[24], Patron-Minette[25], Madame Thénardier[26]
- Has edition or translation: Q23011963[27], Los miserables[28], Nędznicy[29], Cǎn shìjiè[30], Les Misérables[31], Lē mijērābla (Volume 1)[32], Deen Dukhi[33], Q139769202[34]
- Narrative location: Digne-les-Bains[35], Montreuil-sur-Mer[36], Montfermeil[37], Elephant of the Bastille[38], Paris[39]
- Topic's main category: Category:Les Misérables[40]
- Commons gallery: Les Misérables[41]
- Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/victor-hugo/les-miserables/isabel-f-hapgood[42]
- Title: Les Misérables[43], Nędznicy[44]
- Different from: Les Misérables[45]
- Derivative work: Les Misérables[46]
Why It Matters
Les Misérables has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]