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"He is
not the man you seek; I am. I am Jean Valjean."
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Jean Valjean at the trial of Champmathieu
Illus. for Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Thomas Y. Crowell 1887.
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The following books and concert video will introduce you to Jean Valjean, who
said these words in Hugo's Les Misérables. To order a book or DVD, or for more information, follow the title links to Amazon.com,
then return home to browse other
characters.
- Hugo, Victor. Les
Misérables (L. Fahnestock and N. MacAfee, Trans.,
based on Wilbour). New York: New American Library/Penguin
USA, 1987.
- Enjoy this inspiring story in the best unabridged
translation available. Hugo's complex insights
into people and his flawless plotting make this
classic a page-turner in spite of its length.
- Brombert, Victor. Victor
Hugo and the Visionary Novel. Harvard University
Press, 1984.
- Illuminating essays on Hugo's novels by a noted
Hugo scholar.
- Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Temptation of the Impossible: Victor Hugo and Les Misérables
(John King, Trans.). Princeton University Press, 2007. (Original work 2004)
- Vargas Llosa is at his critical best in this brilliant rejoinder to Alphonse Lamartine's criticism of Hugo's idealism--particularly in Jean Valjean, a character inspiring an impossible standard of nobility of spirit. Vargas Llosa reaffirms Hugo's creation as a seductive "temptation" to strive for the good in reality.
- Les Miserables: The 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall
(1995). [DVD] BBC Warner, 2008.
- The "Dream Cast" 10th anniversary
performance in London's Royal Albert Hall,
starring Colm Wilkinson, Philip Quast, and Lea
Salonga. Capped off by the finale with 17
international Jean Valjeans.
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