Episode 3
Hugo finds himself in exile in the Channel Islands and returns to the manuscript he had begun more than a decade earlier - a novel of the poor, with a working title of Les Miseres.
Victor Hugo finds himself in exile in the Channel Islands and returns to the manuscript he had begun more than a decade earlier - a novel of the poor, with a working title of Les Misères.
There has never been a book like it. War and Peace, Great Expectations, Crime and Punishment were all published in the same decade, yet only Les MisΓ©rables can stand as the novel of the nineteenth century. How did Hugo's epic work come to be the most widely read and frequently adapted story of all time? And why is its message just as important for our century as it was for his own?
Author David Bellos tells the compelling story of The Novel of the Century.
Reader: Daniel Weyman
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Produced by Clive Brill
A Brill production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Daniel Weyman |
| Writer | David Bellos |
| Abridger | Eileen Horne |
| Producer | Clive Brill |
Broadcasts
- Wed 25 Jan 2017 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Thu 26 Jan 2017 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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