• The book is an edited and illustrated version of the original one and includes 30 or more unique illustrations which are relevant to its content.• "Les Miserables" is at once a thrilling narrative and a social document embracing a wider field than any other novel of its time. Valjean, the criminal trying to escape his reputation; Javert, the police agent trailing him; the unfortunate Fantine and her daughter, Cosette; the rascally Thenardier; and above all the splendid street urchin, Gavroche. Among the unforgettable descriptions are those of the Paris sewers, the battle of Waterloo and the fighting at the barricades during the July Revolution.