"Les Misérables" is a novel published by the French writer Victor Hugo in 1862. Its content covers the Napoleonic War and the following ten years. The main line of the story revolves around the personal experience of the protagonist Jean Valjean, a torture prisoner in Toulon, and integrates French history, revolution, war, moral philosophy, law, justice, and religious beliefs. The work has been adapted into film and television works many times.