Les Miserables by Victor HugoLes Misèrables was written by Victor Hugo and published in 1862. It has been translated into many different languages ​​and made into a play and film as it was when a book. When a friend asked Hugo why he wrote the book, he responded as follows: "I condemn slavery, banish poverty, teach ignorance, cure disease, light up the night and hate hatred. This is who I am, and that's why I wrote Les Misèrables." The book Les Misèrables tells the life of Hugo and France in the early 1800s by telling a story of change, class conflicts and justice. Hugo wanted this book to be what our government is to us, to the people through the people. Victor Hugo was born in 1802 in Besançon, France. Hugo was a novelist, poet, political activist and painter. It is for this reason that Victor Hugo was a central figure and leader of the French Romantic movement in the nineteenth century. Hugo's father was a general in Napoleon's army. After studying in France, Hugo married his childhood sweetheart in 1822. The 1840s were a time of political involvement for Victor Hugo. Themes appearing in Les Misèrables such as the unjust legal system and injustice towards the poor were themes he spoke about in the House of Peers. In 1848 he actively participated in the revolution, which made him experience for the first time the fighting on the barricades mentioned in Les Misèrables, and he spoke out against Louis Napoleon when he came to power. For speaking out against Napoleon, Hugo was exiled to Belgium and then to Germany, during which time he wrote Les Misèrables. This book secured Victor Hugo's place in legend and when he returned to France in 1870 he was greeted with a hero's welcome. (Nine... half of the paper... her. Another injustice throughout the book is Javert's incessant pursuit of Valjean, Jean Valjean even says to him: "Why do you still bother me, I'm a changed man . Now I work for the betterment of people. Leave me alone." (Hugo) This injustice is committed at the very end of the book when Javert takes Valjean in his hands and then lets him go. Javert ends up killing himself due to the pain of not having respected the law and went against everything it has ever stood for. Les Miserables has had great success in its 139 years. Success began the day it was published because it is a book written about people by a man who people respect him. It's not just people who respect him; other authors respect him because he was a leader of the Romantic movement. This book will always be a classic because the struggles in the book will always exist.