Les Misérables is Victor Hugo's classic from 1862, adapted by the Storica editors into a B2 reader of twenty-five short chapters.
Originally in French, the book is available on Storica in all seven supported reading languages — French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, and English. The plot, characters, and tone stay the same; only the language you read it in changes.
Each chapter takes about ten minutes to read and ends with a writing prompt in your target language. By the end of the twenty-five chapters you have read a real book — not a vocabulary list, not a textbook scenario, but a story by a real author, in the language you are learning to live in.
Upper intermediate. You read literary novels, follow nuance, handle conditional and subjunctive. You can argue, summarise, and reflect in writing. The plateau is behind you.
Yes — every book in the Storica catalog is available in all seven supported languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, and English. Les Misérables was originally written in French, but you choose your reading language when you start.
B2. Upper intermediate. You read literary novels, follow nuance, handle conditional and subjunctive. You can argue, summarise, and reflect in writing. The plateau is behind you.
About one month at fifteen minutes a day. The adaptation runs to 25 short chapters — short enough to read before bed, long enough to actually move your level.
No. Storica's adaptation is the version you read. We keep the characters, plot beats, and tone of the original — and rewrite the language to fit the level. If you've read the original before, you'll recognise the story; if you haven't, the adaptation is a complete reading of the book.
Pick up where you left off. There are no streaks, no penalties, and no notifications begging you back. Day 12 is still Day 12 a week later.
Les Misérables is rated B2, so we'd suggest starting with one of our A0 or A1 books first if you're brand-new to your target language. Check our shelf at /library/ — the readers there are short, gentle, and built specifically for week one.
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