(For the uninitiated, 24601 was protagonist Jean Valjean’s prison number.) An ever-flowing fount of video games, unofficial sequels and prequels, adoring websites, comic books, radio shows, spoofs and satires, festivals, full-length cartoons, academic dissertations and an inordinate plethora of 24601-themed swag. The source of countless dramatic adaptations, including the musical, which has played in 42 countries to about a billion people. The book that launched at least 60 film versions (#61 coming soon to multiple multiplexes near you). Packed with 11 major and 40+ minor characters. One of the “half-dozen greatest novels of the world,” said Upton Sinclair. One of the longest novels in history: 1,900 pages in the original French, 1,400 in English. Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables debuted 150 years ago in 1862 and now has become the literal definition of The Big Book.
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