Victor Hugo - Les Miserables [High Quality] - Victor Hugo torrent

Category: Historical Fiction, Literature, Novel
Language: English
Keywords: BBC BBC Radio Classic Les Misérables Victor Hugo

Written by Victor Hugo
Read by Joss Ackland, Roger Allam, full cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 320 Kbps
Dramatization

Dramatisation of the classic novel by Victor Hugo, featuring Joss Ackland

Ripped from BBC Sounds@320kbps, I edited out the audio with only broadcaster doing introduction.

Joss Ackland, Roger Allam, and Leslie Phillips star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel.

When poverty drives Jean Valjean to steal a loaf of bread from a baker’s window, it is an action that will haunt him for the rest of his life. A citizen of postrevolutionary France, he is sentenced to nineteen years’ hard labour. On his release his fortunes change, and he becomes a respectable businessman and member of society - and yet his past continues to dog him in the form of the sadistic Inspector Javert, who seems determined to pursue Valjean to the grave.

A student uprising is gaining momentum in Paris, and barricades are being built around the city. Valjean’s adopted daughter, Cosette, has fallen in love with the young revolutionary Marius, and the lives of all three are in peril unless they can flee to safety.

Some of the most significant moments in nineteenth century history form the backdrop for Victor Hugo’s powerful story, in which love and heroism march in the face of poverty and social injustice.

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