The Abbreviated Les Miserables

Les Miz in Book Abridgements (for Teens, Y.A., Grownups and Dummies) In my search for "the perfect abridgement" of Les Miserables , the problem all boils down to this: Only Children's and Young Adult versions of the book had been re-written with fully modern style and vocabulary. Every other abridgement, particularly the ones aimed at adults, are ALL edited versions of a 19th Century English translation, mainly Charles Wilbour's 1862 one. It's in the unabridged translations where there's a huge variety of language choices from original to ultra-modern. But of course, being unabridged, those all have over a thousand pages and include the "digressions" in-full and a good deal of Victor Hugo's ramblings. So it's like this... you want: a) Modernized Language b) Abridged c) Contains all of the Major and Minor Plot points. Choose TWO . There's certain story-based events that are present in some ver