Norman MacAfee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 105
Language
English
Description
"So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Misérables cannot fail to be of use," says Victor Hugo in the preface of his famous novel. Certainly, Les Mise;rables is French history recounted through the personal stories ofits main characters. The tale offers philosophical insight on the good deeds that can happen even amidst ignorance and poverty. This handsome leather-bound volume is a beautiful addition to any classic...
Author
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Quiet Moments in a War, the companion volume to the acclaimed Witness to My Life, reveals Jean-Paul Sartre at the peak of his powers and renown, engaged in an exchange of ideas and intimacies with his "beloved Beaver," Simone de Beauvoir. Spanning the years 1940-1963, these letters describe Sartre's war - as a soldier, a prisoner of the Germans, and a man of the Resistance - and chart his path to fame with the publication of his major works. From...
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
Moral dilemmas abound in this melodramatic novel set in France between 1815 and 1832. A heartless justice system burdens the poor, even those wretches who steal only one loaf of bread to ward off starvation. Such is the pitiful plight of Jean Valjean the strong hero and moral giant of this story. Even worse, a dying mother, racked by tuberculosis, sells her body to buy medicine for her sick child. Miserable, desperate poor folks suffer the full prosecution...