Show Plot Les Miserables

Authors: Novel by Victor Hugo (1862), adapted by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg with English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer

Time Period: 1815-1832

Setting: Paris, France

Summary:

Les Misérables follows paroled convict Jean Valjean as he seeks redemption while being hunted by Inspector Javert, against the backdrop of the 1832 Paris student uprising.