Prepositions with "le" or "les" titles

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Prepositions with "le" or "les" titles

What convention is usually used when the prepositions "à" or "de" are before the title of a book that begins with "le" or "les", for example "les miserables?"

Will it follow the same preposition structure? Like au, aux, du, des?

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Prepositions with "le" or "les" titles

What convention is usually used when the prepositions "à" or "de" are before the title of a book that begins with "le" or "les", for example "les miserables?"

Will it follow the same preposition structure? Like au, aux, du, des?

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