Sold out with in 24hr when first published in 1862 paris edition. One of the world overpowering story told that impact peoples live. A sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions. The story follows a convict jean valjean struggles to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by proverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and oppressed. Slight creases from reading no damage.