Les Misérables

[ French ley mee-zey-ra-bluh ]

noun

1. a novel (1862) by Victor Hugo.

Les Misérables

1. (1862) A novel by Victor Hugo . The central character , Jean Valjean, is sentenced to prison for stealing a single loaf of bread. Later, seeking respectability, Valjean is hounded by his archenemy, Inspector Javert.

Notes

The broad canvas of Hugo's novel has been adapted for numerous films and a long-running Broadway (see also Broadway ) musical (usually known as Les Miz ).

Example Sentences

He can even hold a tune, as his scene-stealing turn in Les Miserables proved.

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Basically, Anne Hathaway was mind-blowingly amazing in Les Miserables.

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And one of them was a guy wearing these small Janis Joplinesque sunglasses and an old Les Miserables sweatshirt.

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Russell Crowe, stumbling into every shot, seems to be channeling Javert from Les Miserables.

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If I could choose, I would have voted Les Miserables, the epic and excessive (in the best way) movie musical.

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The author of Les Miserables often lulls these little ones to sleep with improvised tales of wonderful fascination.

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Les Miserables she read till she reached the dreadful scene where a vicious cad hurls snowballs at the helpless Fantine.

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Black pondered over this; but Carney's allusion to the policeman in "Les Miserables" had had an effect.

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Victor Hugo has, in his wonderful book, "Les Miserables," daguerreotyped the thoughts and the feelings of a prisoner.

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Read "Les Miserables" of our great Hugo before you answer, my friend.'

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