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2008, c1974., Gallimard Call No: FRE Fic Dum Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Collection Folio Volume: 704.
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1998., General, Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Miserables (1998) Edition: Widescreen version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Frenchman Jean Valjean, imprisoned for stealing bread, is paroled after nearly two decades of hard labor. A gift from a kindly priest helps him begin anew. Forging a decent life, he finds success as a businessman and as the mayor of a small town. He even takes in a pregnant young woman and raises her daughter as his own. When a former prison guard recognizes Valjean, his past catches up to him.
![Les miserables [DVD] (1998). Directed by Bille August.](/Library/images/~imageCT78658.JPG "Les miserables [DVD] (1998). Directed by Bille August.")
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2013., General, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Misérables (2013) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Hugh Jackman, Academy Award winner Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in this critically-acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells the story of ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Jackman), hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe), after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. This enthralling story is a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit and 'an unforgettable experience' (Richard Roeper, RichardRoeper.com)."--Container.
![Les miserables [DVD] (2012). Directed by Tom Hooper](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Les miserables [DVD] (2012). Directed by Tom Hooper")
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2019., Adult, PBS Call No: DVD Fic Miserables (2019) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Against the backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, this is the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict unable to escape his past life. His future is threatened by his nemesis, the chilling prison guard Javert, who is determined to bring him to justice. As revolution ignites on the streets of Paris, Jean Valjean begins an epic journey towards self-acceptance, redemption, and love.
![Les miserables [DVD] (2018).](/Library/images/~imageCT100305.JPG "Les miserables [DVD] (2018).")
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c2012., Adult, HarperCollins Canada Call No: Fic Buc Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "1878 Paris. Following their father's sudden death, the van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages, and with the small amount their laundress mother earns disappearing into the absinthe bottle, eviction from their lodgings seems imminent. With few options for work, Marie is dispatched to the Paris Opéra, where for a scant seventeen francs a week, she will be trained to enter the famous ballet. Her older sister, Antoinette, finds work as an extra in a stage adaptation of Émile Zola's naturalist masterpiece L'Assommoir. Marie throws herself into dance and is soon modeling in the studio of Edgar Degas, where her image will forever be immortalized as Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. There she meets a wealthy male patron of the ballet, but might the assistance he offers come with strings attached? Meanwhile Antoinette, derailed by her love for the dangerous Émile Abadie, must choose between honest labor and the more profitable avenues open to a young woman of the Parisian demimonde. Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change, The Painted Girls is a tale of two remarkable sisters rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of 'civilized society.' In the end, each will come to realize that her salvation, if not survival, lies with the other."--Publisher.
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2013., General, Blackstone Audiobooks Call No: CD Fic Buc Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "1878 Paris. Following their father's sudden death, the van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages, and with the small amount their laundress mother earns disappearing into the absinthe bottle, eviction from their lodgings seems imminent. With few options for work, Marie is dispatched to the Paris Opéra, where for a scant seventeen francs a week, she will be trained to enter the famous ballet. Her older sister, Antoinette, finds work as an extra in a stage adaptation of Émile Zola's naturalist masterpiece L'Assommoir. Marie throws herself into dance and is soon modeling in the studio of Edgar Degas, where her image will forever be immortalized as Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. There she meets a wealthy male patron of the ballet, but might the assistance he offers come with strings attached? Meanwhile Antoinette, derailed by her love for the dangerous Émile Abadie, must choose between honest labor and the more profitable avenues open to a young woman of the Parisian demimonde. Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change, The Painted Girls is a tale of two remarkable sisters rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of 'civilized society.' In the end, each will come to realize that her salvation, if not survival, lies with the other."--Publisher.
![The painted girls [CD]](/Library/images/~imageCT75800.JPG "The painted girls [CD]")
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2016., Adult, Flatiron Books Call No: Fic Col Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young widow and an engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love. In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Émile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris, in a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Émile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family's business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Émile must decide what their love is worth. Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Émile live--one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions, and the sacrifices love requires of us all."--From publisher.
