Los miserables - Tomo 2 (de 2)

Chapter 2

publié le 11 juin 2026 · 291 mots

This text serves as the introductory metadata and licensing agreement for the second volume of the Spanish translation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, Los miserables.

Published by the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, this digital eBook edition is based on a historical physical copy printed in Barcelona by the publisher Maucci in 1897. The translation of this specific volume is credited to the initials J. A. R.

The primary function of this text is to establish the legal and operational framework under which the eBook is distributed to the public. It explicitly states that the digital file is provided completely free of charge and with minimal restrictions for users located within the United States and various other regions globally. Under the comprehensive terms of the Project Gutenberg License, readers are permitted to copy the text, distribute it to others, or re-use the material for various non-commercial purposes. However, the document includes a specific legal disclaimer warning individuals who access the file from outside the United States that they are strictly responsible for checking and complying with the local copyright laws of their own respective countries before downloading or sharing the file.

In addition to the legal and licensing stipulations, the text provides critical bibliographical details and digital production credits. It acknowledges the specific contributors who volunteered their time and effort to prepare the digital edition, highlighting the work of digital proofreaders such as Andrés V. Galia, Santiago, and Thiers, alongside the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. The text also notes that the digital transcription was successfully produced using source images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library. The document concludes by officially marking the exact boundary where the administrative introductory information ends and the actual literary content of Victor Hugo's novel begins.