Les Miserables

Japanese: レ・ミゼラブル(英語表記)Les misérables
Les Miserables
A full-length novel by French poet and novelist Hugo. Published in 1862. Jean Valjean, who served 19 years in prison for stealing bread to save his nephews who suffered from poverty and hunger, is released with a deep hatred for society. However, he is soon touched by the compassion of the godlike Bishop Myriel and awakened to a spirit of love, and thereafter becomes the embodiment of human love who saves the unfortunate. He then adopts the poor woman's only daughter, Cosette, and dies after giving her a happy marriage to the young man Marius.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
フランスの詩人,小説家ユゴーの長編小説。1862年出版。貧しさと飢えに苦しむ甥たちを救おうとしてパンを盗んだために,19年間も獄中生活を送ったジャン・バルジャンは,社会に対する激しい憎しみを抱いて出獄する。だが,やがて神のようなミリエル司教の慈愛に触れて愛の精神にめざめ,それ以後不幸な人々を救う人類愛の具現者となる。そして哀れな女の一人娘コゼットを養女にし,青年マリウスと幸せな結婚をさせて死んでいく。

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