Download Les Miserables: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation AudioBook Free

Joss Ackland, Roger Allam, and Leslie Phillips star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Victor Hugo's basic novel. When poverty drives Jean Valjean to grab a loaf of bread from a baker's screen, it is an action that will haunt him for the rest of his life. A citizen of postrevolutionary France, he is sentenced to nineteen years' hard labour. On his release his fortunes change, and he becomes a respectable businessman and member of society - and yet his past is constantly on the dog him in the form of the sadistic Inspector Javert, who seems decided to follow Valjean to the grave. Students uprising is gaining momentum in Paris, and barricades are being built around the city. Valjean's adopted little princess, Cosette, has fallen deeply in love with the young cutting edge Marius, and the lives of all three are in peril unless they can flee to safety. Some of the most significant occasions in nineteenth century history form the backdrop for Victor Hugo's powerful story, where love and heroism march when confronted with poverty and social injustice.

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