Les Miserables

Victor Hugo

Jun 2011 · Recorded Books · Narrated by George Guidall

5 reviews

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60 hr 28 min

Unabridged

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One of the great classics of world literature and the inspiration for the most beloved stage musical of all time, Les MisErables is legendary author Victor Hugo's masterpiece. This extraordinary English version by renowned translator Julie Rose captures all the majesty and brilliance of Hugo's work. Here is the timeless story of the quintessential hunted man-Jean Valjean-and the injustices, violence, and social inequalities that torment him. "Rich and gorgeous. This is the [translation] to read."-Times (London)

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5 reviews

A Google user

April 10, 2018

I have read the paper copy of this translation by Julie Rose and it is fantastic; I also really enjoy the narrator of this audiobook. He sounds like a kindly old man, whereas the narrators of other versions of this book available on Google play sound like aristocrats speaking through their nose.

Amber Pennuto

February 1, 2025

Amazing

About the author

George Guidall is one of the most prolific narrators of audiobooks in the world. He has recorded nearly 650 unabridged novels, everything from "Crime and Punishment" and "The Iliad" to "Snow Falling on Cedars." He began his career as an actor, appearing on Broadway and touring Europe with Helen Hayes in the "Glass Menagerie," " Miracle Worker" and "The Skin of Our Teeth." He received an Obie Award for Best Performance Off-Broadway, and has continued his performances in theater for over 40 years. Guidall has also appeared on television, with roles on the soap "One Life to Live" and "Law and Order," and in movies such as "Malcolm X" and "Tales from the Darkside." His first job reading audiobooks was for the Library of Congress' American Foundation for the Blinds' Talking Books. Since then he has won the most prestigious Audiobook Award, the Audie Award, for Best Unabridged Narration of a novel for his recording of John Irving's "A Widow for One Year." He won the Audie again in 2000 for Wally Lamb's "I Know This Much is True."

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