Project Gutenberg 2011-10-07 Public domain in the USA. 75 Hugo, Victor 1802 1885 Hugo, Victor Marie, comte Hugo, Víctor De Ellendigen (Deel 2 van 5) Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Translation of Les misérables. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "De Ellendigen (Deel 2 van 5)" by Victor Hugo is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative focuses on the events surrounding the Battle of Waterloo, particularly the dire conditions and misunderstandings that culminated in this significant conflict. The story likely explores themes of heroism, tragedy, and the complex interplay of fate and human agency as it recounts the experiences of soldiers and civilians during this tumultuous period. The opening of the novel introduces us to a foot traveler journeying through the serene landscape of a May morning in 1861. As he traverses the countryside near Nivelles towards La Hulpe, he encounters remnants of the past, including a tavern and the historical site of Hougomont, which played a crucial role in the Battle of Waterloo. The traveler learns from a local farmer about the site's significance and the traces of war left behind, such as bullet holes in the old structures, setting a tone of reflection on the devastating impact of war. This initial passage establishes a vivid contrast between the peaceful natural surroundings and the haunting remnants of a tragic historical event, foreshadowing the complexities of human conflict and the scars it leaves on both land and memory. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37663/37663-h/images/cover.jpg nl Historical fiction Orphans -- Fiction Paris (France) -- Fiction Epic literature Ex-convicts -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 726693 726673 2024-10-16T04:23:54.668624 2023-09-16T10:49:31.469596 text/html text/html 733085 2021-01-08T05:36:29 text/html; charset=us-ascii 417265 2021-01-08T05:36:29 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 442512 2024-10-16T04:24:06.583553 application/epub+zip 457520 2024-10-16T04:23:57.320586 application/epub+zip 349353 2024-10-16T04:23:55.974606 application/epub+zip 786043 2024-10-16T04:24:14.938527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607228 2024-10-16T04:24:05.326563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499063 2022-09-17T08:57:58.220925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 618995 618872 2024-10-16T04:23:52.761654 2023-09-16T10:49:29.680592 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 618053 2021-01-08T05:36:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 233378 2021-01-08T05:36:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21438 2024-10-16T04:24:15.089531 application/rdf+xml 32745 2024-10-16T04:23:56.124613 image/jpeg 4183 2024-10-16T04:23:56.050591 image/jpeg 416954 2024-10-16T04:23:54.744614 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia