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Graded reader
Danish & English

Les Misérables

Original author
Victor Hugo
Adapted by
Line by Line Publishing,

Read Les Misérables by Victor Hugo in Danish and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, and B2.

About this book

A man walks out of nineteen years in the galleys with a yellow passport and a heart turned to stone. He steals again, this time from the one house that took him in, a bishop's, and is dragged back by gendarmes. Then the Bishop lies to save him, presses the silver candlesticks into his hands, and sends him off with a charge to become an honest man. "It is your soul that I buy from you," the Bishop says. Les Misérables begins with that act of mercy and follows where it leads across a lifetime.

Available editions

A2
Short, concrete sentences for early learners.
34,513 sentences
B1
Longer sentences and a wider vocabulary.
34,513 sentences
B2
Complex sentences and a fuller vocabulary, close to everyday native reading.
34,513 sentences

Read a sample

I. Hr. Myriel
I. M. Myriel
1

I 1815 var M. Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel biskoppen af D⁠⸺.

In 1815, M. Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D⁠⸺.

2

Han var en gammel mand på omkring femoghalvfjerds år.

He was an old man, about seventy-five years old.

3

Han havde været biskoppen af D⁠⸺ siden 1806.

He had held the position of Bishop of D⁠⸺ since 1806.

4

Denne detalje har ikke rigtig noget at gøre med den historie, vi vil fortælle.

This detail is not really connected to the story we will tell.

5

Men det er alligevel nyttigt at være præcis med alt.

But it will still be useful to be exact about everything.

6

Så lad os se på, hvad folk sagde om ham, da han kom til byen første gang.

So let’s look at what people said about him when he first came to the town.

7

Folk siger ting om en person.

People say things about a person.

History

  1. Written by Victor Hugo in French
  2. Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026