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        Les Misérables


        setting

        France

        time

        1815-1832

        language

        English

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        1862

        page count

        892

        difficulty

        Difficult

        main characters

        Jean Valjean, Javert, Cosette, Éponine

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        In 1815, M. Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D—— He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had occupied the see of D—— since 1806.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)