Les Miserables
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Re: Les Miserables
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I also like the many social statements that are made in this piece. It is one of the few books where you are rooting for the criminal and hoping for the demise of the law (Javert) that is trying to capture him. This is a book that makes you think. I fell in love with it years ago, and it's messages have helped me through the hard times in life.
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I read it a few years ago to write an article about it (but it wasn't english enough so it didn't go through) and I liked it, but nowhere near as much as you. I feel like I missed out on something now, maybe I should read it again.Julie Petitbon wrote: ↑22 Apr 2019, 21:53 I absolutely love this book. It is one of the most inspirational books I have ever read.
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I also felt sad because jean Val jean didn't receive all the love that he should have from the world. He is a character who has that rare ability to forgive even though his life was full of sadness and lack of peace but he found a little happiness with cosette.
The author put forward many characters that i really liked and still like in the book like monsieur myriel the bishop who does what he can for the needy and never stops giving.
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I am currently working on reading it, and have been all year . I feel it is Victor Hugo's best piece, and not just because it's the most popular. I've gotten through 'Fantine', and am really looking forward to being able to read onward. Unfortunately, I think I'm going to have put this masterpiece on the back burner until summer because of how busy I am at the moment.
My favorite part so far, though, has to be in 'Fantine' book two when Jean Valjean steals the 40-sous coin from Petit Gervais. I do not know what it is about this part of the novel, but it just evokes such an emotion in me that is both overwhelming and indescribable. The sudden crack from savagery and instinct to humanistic emotion was just so powerfully described. Everything else was really well-written, but most of the material I had already known from seeing the play and such, so I do not think it hit me as hard as this part.
Hopefully, I can complete more of the novel soon to provide more analysis and commentary.
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I read it twice and every time I think of it I'm impressed by how Victor Hugo managed to create such a flawless web of characters. No matter who, from the more secondary to the main ones, the reader gets know the entire journey of each and every character and the way they influence the narrative. It's amazing.
What's everyone's favorite character? I have to say mine is Javert. He is so incredibly complex!!
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Many years ago I read the first few hundred pages of the unabridged version of Les Miserables. I loved how you learned a lot about the bishop and his beliefs. It really opened my eyes when he was walking in the garden and came across a spider scampering away. The bishop could not bring himself to kill it since he knew it was not the spider's choice to be born the way it was. Some people quickly kill spiders out of fear or misunderstanding due to their displeasing or scary appearance. Many don't stop and think of how beneficial a spider can be to society. While watching the creature rush to escape, the bishop contemplates how a spider has to survive with all the disdain brought upon him... even though the creature helps society survive.
I love how this small part of the book teaches a wonderful lesson while foreshadowing numerous of Victor Hugo's characters.
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