Les Misérables

Chronological and textual priority for the first complete English translation actually belongs to Charles E. Wilbour's American edition, published in New York by Carleton in five volumes issued monthly from June to October 1862 and widely credited by booksellers as the first edition in English; Hurst and Blackett's Wraxall translation, complete the same month, is properly the first authorized British edition, its United Kingdom distribution rights having been purchased directly from Hugo.