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Book of the Week The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 Just what makes Les Miserables one of the world's most popular books?

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 In exile in Guernsey, Victor Hugo tries to reconstruct a Paris he has not seen for years.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 In exile in Guernsey, Hugo returns to the manuscript he began more than a decade earlier.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 While narrating Hugo's fall from grace in France, Bellos begins to decode Les Miserables.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 David Bellos explores why Les Miserables is 'France's greatest gift'.