Peopled by colourful characters from the nineteenth-century Parisian underworld; the street children, the prostitutes and the criminals, this novel tells the story of an escaped convict Jean Valjean, and his efforts to reform his ways and care for the little orphan girl he rescues from a life of cruelty.

Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert.

Featuring the voice of Orson Welles as Sydney Carton and Ronald Colman as Jean Valjean, both backed by fine casts, this set contains two 'revolutionary' tales.

Presents a first-person chronicle of the final hours of a man sentenced to the gallows. This book offers graphic details of the prisoner's environment and a moving insight into his thoughts, reminiscences and despair at his impending doom.

Offers a good way for young readers to get into some of the greatest stories ever told.

Classic / American English Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priest's evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. The priest needs Quasimodo's help. But the hunchback has other ideas.

Dramatised recordings of popular children's classic stories, performed by BBC radio actors, with music and sound effects.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jean's life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his life helping people, like himself, who have been victims of poverty and social injustice les miserables'.

Another title in the Collector's Library Series. Complete and unabridged with a specially commissioned afterword.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jean's life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his life helping people, like himself, who have been victims of poverty and social injustice les miserables'.

In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo.

Published in 1862, this novel tells of Jean Valjean who becomes a free man after 19 years of unjust imprisonment. Though he becomes a respected member of society, he struggles to elude the police agent Javert and shake off his criminal reputation. The accompanying music is by Franck and Massenet.

Out of extreme poverty Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread and then spends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years he rises socially and is a respectable member of society; but policeman Javert will not allow him to forget his past and is determined to expose him.

Hideously deformed, deaf and near blind, the hunchback Quasimodo lives in the Notre-Dame bell tower. Beneath him in the square, the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda dances for the crowds. The misogynistic archdeacon Frollo watches from his cell. As his desire turns to obsession, the story marches inexorably towards a final act of terrible revenge.

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Classic / American English Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priest's evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. The priest needs Quasimodo's help. But the hunchback has other ideas.

A novel peopled by characters from the nineteenth-century Parisian underworld: the street children, the prostitutes and the criminals. It tells the story of an escaped convict, and his efforts to reform his ways and care for the little orphan girl he rescues from a life of cruelty. It draws attention to the plight of the poor and oppressed.

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