--- product_id: 179644350 title: "Les Miserables" price: "S$425" currency: SGD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sg/products/179644350-les-miserables store_origin: SG region: Singapore --- # Les Miserables **Price:** S$425 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Les Miserables - **How much does it cost?** S$425 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/179644350-les-miserables) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The first new Penguin Classics translation in forty years of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, the subject of The Novel of the Century by David Bellos—published in a stunning Deluxe edition. Winner of the French-American Foundation & Florence Gould Foundation’s 29th Annual Translation Prize in Fiction. The subject of the world’s longest-running musical and the award-winning film, Les Misérables is a genuine literary treasure. Victor Hugo’s tale of injustice, heroism, and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him, and has been a perennial favorite since it first appeared over 150 years ago. This exciting new translation with Jillian Tamaki’s brilliant cover art will be a gift both to readers who have already fallen for its timeless story and to new readers discovering it for the first time. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Review: The redeeming power of kindness - This is an extraordinary book, a story of awe-inspiring proportions. It's "Liberty Leading the People", it's "La Marseillaise", it's the Panthéon; it's huge, it's stirring, it's monumental. I knew the story in outline and thought this would diminish the experience, yet every scene is so overflowing with life I was completely absorbed. To attempt something so ambitious and realize it so fully - one can only applaud. Hugo's central theme is the redeeming power of kindness, be it in the guise of love, compassion or mercy. It's a theme that lends itself to emotionally resonant moments, and across 1300 pages Hugo delivers too many to count. The first part alone (Fantine) could stand by itself as one of the great short novels, but it's just part 1 of 5. It's not until around halfway through part 4 that Hugo returns to that high plane of emotional intensity but, when he does, he delivers a finale for the ages. The tragedy is immense; the sacrifice, the resilience, the devotion are likewise immense. Hugo writes with vast intimacy: he gives us a story tightly focused on a small set of core characters, very close-up for long stretches but punctuated by dizzying moments of zooming out to reflect on the broader historical significance of events. In these moments everything is laden with moral and cosmic weight - it's about how to live, it's about human dignity, it's about morality vs temptation, it's about the causes of progress - with the result that the story, when he zooms back in again, feels like social realism and folk legend at the same time. The most natural comparison is with Tolstoy, who has a similar blend of mega-canvas social realism and fierce moralism. Tolstoy's style is more matter-of-fact and mundane, less sentimental, arguably truer to life, but also less intense, less exciting. Hugo is a Romantic with a capital R and composes novels like symphonies, scenes building slowly to impassioned crescendos. If your heart responds to that kind of conducting you'll struggle to find a more moving book than this. Regarding the Penguin Classics edition: Christine Donougher's translation reads wonderfully but Penguin has messed up the notes. Because they are not numbered in any way, just linked to pages, they are very confusing, with many places where cross-referencing is needed but missing. I did not make much use of them. In a book this long, you have to number the notes! Review: Humanity - Great classic about humanity and love. If you ever wanted to go into deep research about meaning of life, this book is as good a guide as any. The secret of life is ….love, kindness, humbleness , forgiveness… ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 2,494,301 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 217 in Fiction Classics (Books) 775 in Literary Fiction (Books) 837 in Historical Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,370 Reviews | ## Images ![Les Miserables - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91iDwMYgPQL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The redeeming power of kindness *by J***H on 17 August 2026* This is an extraordinary book, a story of awe-inspiring proportions. It's "Liberty Leading the People", it's "La Marseillaise", it's the Panthéon; it's huge, it's stirring, it's monumental. I knew the story in outline and thought this would diminish the experience, yet every scene is so overflowing with life I was completely absorbed. To attempt something so ambitious and realize it so fully - one can only applaud. Hugo's central theme is the redeeming power of kindness, be it in the guise of love, compassion or mercy. It's a theme that lends itself to emotionally resonant moments, and across 1300 pages Hugo delivers too many to count. The first part alone (Fantine) could stand by itself as one of the great short novels, but it's just part 1 of 5. It's not until around halfway through part 4 that Hugo returns to that high plane of emotional intensity but, when he does, he delivers a finale for the ages. The tragedy is immense; the sacrifice, the resilience, the devotion are likewise immense. Hugo writes with vast intimacy: he gives us a story tightly focused on a small set of core characters, very close-up for long stretches but punctuated by dizzying moments of zooming out to reflect on the broader historical significance of events. In these moments everything is laden with moral and cosmic weight - it's about how to live, it's about human dignity, it's about morality vs temptation, it's about the causes of progress - with the result that the story, when he zooms back in again, feels like social realism and folk legend at the same time. The most natural comparison is with Tolstoy, who has a similar blend of mega-canvas social realism and fierce moralism. Tolstoy's style is more matter-of-fact and mundane, less sentimental, arguably truer to life, but also less intense, less exciting. Hugo is a Romantic with a capital R and composes novels like symphonies, scenes building slowly to impassioned crescendos. If your heart responds to that kind of conducting you'll struggle to find a more moving book than this. Regarding the Penguin Classics edition: Christine Donougher's translation reads wonderfully but Penguin has messed up the notes. Because they are not numbered in any way, just linked to pages, they are very confusing, with many places where cross-referencing is needed but missing. I did not make much use of them. In a book this long, you have to number the notes! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Humanity *by A***R on 8 September 2026* Great classic about humanity and love. If you ever wanted to go into deep research about meaning of life, this book is as good a guide as any. The secret of life is ….love, kindness, humbleness , forgiveness… ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging translation of a classic story *by S***P on 1 June 2019* I read the Kindle edition of the Donougher translation and it was a great translation to serve as my first time reading Les Mis. I'd only seen the BBC TV adaptation previously so was looking for something that would allow me to experience the book without being too heavy going, but also not abridged. It was a good choice, with modernised phrasing and a style that worked well. ## Frequently Bought Together - Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - War And Peace --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sg/products/179644350-les-miserables](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/179644350-les-miserables) --- *Product available on Desertcart Singapore* *Store origin: SG* *Last updated: 2026-10-17*