悲慘世界les miserables英文介紹

1、Les miserables Contents 1234The author The novel The movie The musical 1Author Victor-Marie Hugo (February 26, 1802 May 22, 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in F

2、rance. In France, his literary reputation rests primarily on his poetic and dramatic output and only secondarily on his novels. He is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misrables and Notre-Dame de Paris.His dramas 1827: 克倫威爾(Crom

3、well) 1830:歐那尼 (Hernani) 1838:呂布拉(Ruy Blas) His poems 1829:東方詩集(les Orientales) 1853:懲罰集 (les Chatiments) 1856:沉思集 (les Contemplations) 1859-1883:世紀傳說(la Legende des siecles) His novels Notre-Dame de Parisles MiserablesLHomme qui Rit2Novel Introduction Les Miserables (1862) is representative works o

4、f Victor Hugo, as one of the most famous novels in the French literature. Written and published by Victor Hugo in 1962; set the time period between 1789 and 1848.Paints a vivid picture of Paris after the French Revolution and the controversial rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. Hugo explores the challenges

5、 faced at every level of society during this time, especially the injustices endured by the poor.123The theme This story tells us about kind. Hugo hopes the society becomes clear and human. So his plot bases on Jean Valjeana miserable man. Then he tell the story about the poor womanFantine ,next is

6、Cosette. All these stories has the comments, that is the miserable life because of the persecution of the upper class. In facts, Hugo was raging of the present society.Plots The novel basic plot is Jean Valjean pitiful life history. He originally is one poor family background worker, because the inc

7、ome insufficient family member gets by, by one time stole the bread is arrested is put in prison. Passed 19 years firm prison and the bitter service life. The punishment completely after also has the larceny behavior, but benevolent bishop in the rice the sorrowful influence, the transformation is o

8、ne he had become manner person. He uses an alias is Madland, works as the entrepreneur, and is pushed for mayor. But soon and further because exposed the status is arrested is put in prison, after escapes rescues the deceased female worker Fantins daughter Cosette match from one bastard hand special

9、, went to Paris. Afterwards again unceasingly encountered polices pursuit. The Jean Valjean entire life fills is imprisoned the pain which the bitter service and drifts about destitute, this is the novel main clue. Relationships Myriel Jean Valjean Javert Fantine Cosette Marius ThnardiersRedeemed Un

10、requited Redeem Police Criminal Help Daughter Lover Daughter Convicted for stealing a loaf of bread, he is punished in prison for nineteen years. Rejected as former convict, Bishop Myriel turns his life around. He assumes a new identity to pursue an honest life, becomes a factory owner and a mayor.

11、He adopts and raises Fantines daughter, Cosette, and dies at an old age. Jean Valjean An obsessive police inspector who continuously hunts, tracks down, and loses Ran A Rang. He goes undercover behind the barricade, but is unmasked. Ran A Rang has the chance to kill Javert, but lets him go. Later Ja

12、vert allows Ran A Rang to escape. For the first time, Javert is in a situation in which to act lawfully is immoral. His inner conflict leads him to jumping into the River Seine. Javert Fatine she abandoned by her lover, she leaves her daughter Cosette in the care of the Thnardiers. She finds work at

13、 the factory runned by Ran A Rang, but is fired by a woman because she is an unmarried mother. To meet the demands for money from the Thnardiers, she sells her hair, then her front teeth, and finally turns to prostitution. She dies before Ran A Rang is able to reunite her with Cosette.Cosette Marius

14、 3Movie 195719982012Liam Neeson In 1993, he played Schindler in Schindlers List. In 2003, he played Daniel in Love Actually. Geoffrey Rush In 2003, 2007 and 2011, he played Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean. In 2010, he played Lionel Logue in The Kings Speech Uma Thurman In 2003, she played the B

15、ride in Kill Bill. In 2012, she played madeleine in Bel Ami. Claire Danes In 1996, she played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. In 2011, she played Carrie in Homeland. The features It is the work which one realism and the romanticism unifies, the very many chapters glitter the realism glory, such as , in

16、1832 Pariss street barricade war all wrote is quite real. But the romanticism technique quite was also obvious in the plot arrangement, writes the many extraordinary events. If Ran A rang lets lie down is lifted in the coffin the monastery, he rescues from the street barricade Marilius, all is stran

17、ge, moldy, environment description, symbolic and contrast technique aspect and so on utilization in the character image, also manifests the romanticism the characteristic. In the work, with his artistic charm ,it showed the capitalist society slaved the working people, and revealed the cruel reality

18、. Although the novel concluded factor of the realism ,it is still a romantic masterpiece, because of its shaping of the characters, the description of the environment, the antithesis methods and the application of art.The comments 4Musicals Musical theater is a form of theater combining music, songs

19、, dance routines and spoken dialogue. It is closely related to opera, being distinguished by the use of popular music of various forms, and the use of non-sung dialogue, and the avoidance of many operatic convention. Definition 1324Operas Miss Saigon Les miserable The phantom of the opera Cats Music

20、als 1231985 Original London Cast1995 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall2010 New 25th Anniversary Production (Tour Cast)Posters Classic lines “I dreamed a dream in time gone by, when hope was high and life worth living. I dreamed that love would never die. I dreamed that God would be f

21、orgiving. Then I was young and unafraid. And dreams were made and used and wasted. There was no ransom to be paid, no song unsung, no wine untasted. But the tigers come at night with their voices soft as thunder. As they tear your hope apart, as they turn your dream to shame.”曾幾何時，我流連夢境，心比天高，人生充滿希望。

22、我夢見愛情永不消逝,我夢見上帝慈愛寬恕。那時我多么年輕，多么無畏,隨心夢想，從不設(shè)防。不必付出什么代價，無歌不唱，無酒不嘗。然而猛獸在黑夜來襲，如晴天霹靂轟然炸響。活生生撕碎了希望，把美夢全變成懊悔。I dreamed a dream “On my own, pretending hes beside me. All alone, I walk with him till morning. Without him, I feel his arms around me. And when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he has found me. In the rain, the pavement shines like silver. All the lights are misty in the river. In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight. And all I se