Nick Cartell, who plays Jean Valjean in the new tour of the bread-stealing musical “Les Miserables,” respects all those great talents who fashioned this mammoth work into the classic it is now. That ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Oyelowo says his new take on “Les Miserables” for PBS’ “Masterpiece,” based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel, didn’t need to ...

Asked to name France’s greatest poet, André Gide famously answered, “Hugo — alas!” His ambivalence might have been a reaction to the great man’s sideline in sentimental novels, especially the 1862 Les ...

It’s miserable all right. If you were a fan of the musical stage version of Victor Hugo’s 1862 classic novel “Les Miserables,” aka “Les Miz,” one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, read ...

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Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables is a literary giant. You’re probably also familiar with its long-running theatrical adaptation, which has been treading the boards for over thirty years now.

A biography of a book, rather than a person, is a relatively new wrinkle in nonfiction. When the approach succeeds, as it does with David Bellos's "The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary ...

Complete Information About Les Misérables in St. Louis at The Muny. The epic Les Misérables, based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel, returns to The Muny to make history once again. Set against the backdrop ...