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In Les Miserables, the classic novel written by Victor Hugo, the author’s preface is as follows “So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation, which, in the face of civilization, artificially creates hells on earth, and complicates a destiny that is divine, with human fatality; so long as the three problems of the age-the degradation of man by poverty, the ruin of woman by starvation, and the dwarfing of childhood by physical and spiritual night-are not solved; so long as, in certain regions, social asphyxia shall be possible; in other words, and from a yet more extended point of view, so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books like this cannot be useless. ... Books like Les Miserables that reveal the corruption and evils of society will never be useless to us. Les Miserables tells its readers a story of a corrupted society and how neither good nor evil can win. ...
The poverty of man still surrounds us today, over 100 years after Les Miserables was written. ... One of Victor Hugo’s main reasons for writing Les Miserables was to help people recognize that not everyone is as well off as they could be. ... Jean Valjean, the main character in Les Miserables had huge impacts on everyone he came in contact with. ... Fortunately, Les Miserables and books like it can help people understand how important it is to help the less fortunate. ...
In conclusion I would like to state that there is a need for books like Les Miserables in our current society. ... Les Miserables shows us the evils of society. ... In a well developed essay present an argument which agrees or disagrees with the presumption that Victor Hugo was accurate in assuming that there will always exist a useful purpose for reading "Les Miserables". ... :)
In Les Miserables, the classic novel written by Victor Hugo, the author’s preface is as follows “So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation, which, in the face of civilization, artificially creates hells on earth, and complicates a destiny that is divine, with human fatality; so long as the three problems of the age-the degradation of man by poverty, the ruin of woman by starvation, and the dwarfing of childhood by physical and spiritual night-are not solved; so long as, in certain regions, social asphyxia shall be possible; in other words, and from a yet more extended point of view, so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books like this cannot be useless.
Approximate Word count = 1803
Approximate Pages = 7.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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