The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure Of Les Miserables by Bellos, David

The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure Of Les Miserables, Bellos, David. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. First American Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 307 pp. with index. Beige boards with black titles. Both volume and unclipped jacket are in fine condition without marks, tears or folds. David Bellos brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d'état, and political exile; how he pulled off a pathbreaking deal to get it published; and how his approach to the "social question" would define his era's moral imagination.