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Swedish & English

Les Misérables

Samhällets olycksbarn
Original author
Victor Hugo
Adapted by
Line by Line Publishing,

Read Les Misérables by Victor Hugo in Swedish 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. Herr Myriel
I. M. Myriel
1

År 1815 var herr Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel biskop av D⁠⸺.

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

2

Han var en gammal man, ungefär sjuttiofem år gammal.

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

3

Han hade varit biskop av D⁠⸺ sedan 1806.

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

4

Den här detaljen har egentligen inte med vår berättelse att göra.

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

5

Men det är ändå bra att vara exakt med allt.

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

6

Så låt oss se vad folk sa om honom när han först kom till staden.

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

7

Folk säger saker om en människa.

People say things about a person.

History

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