The miserable

The novel begins in France after the Napoleonic Revolution, to follow the journey of Jean Valjean, the former prisoner who tries to build a new life in a world that does not forget his past. The events revolve between the streets of Paris and its popular neighborhoods, and the small villages and internal exile, where the reader faces scenes crowded with human suffering: from the exploited little girl Cosette, to the students of Paris who dream of a just republic, passing through victims of poverty and social injustice. Here, the novel is not limited to the individual story, but turns into a broad mirror of France in a time of turbulent transformations.