Les Miserables
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Les Miserables
What do you think of it? (If you haven't read it, read it, and then tell us what you think!)
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To those wondering what it's about: As you might guess from the number of pages, there's quite a lot of plot going on. It takes place in France, between 1814 and 1832. The main character is a convict who violates the terms of his parole and becomes a fugitive. While running, he changes, and strives to be a better person. Years later, he meets Fantine, a worker fired from his factory and thrown into brutal poverty. Later in the story, we see Marius, a young student in dire straits after disowning his complicated family, the Thénardiers, unscrupulous inn keepers-cum-thieves in the Parisian slums, their daughter Éponine, whose love for Marius is the only bright spot in a life that is destroying every part of her, and the Friends of the ABC, a motley crew of student revolutionaries working towards an armed uprising.
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It's easily one of my favorite books, and I agree with tricteuse that the characters are both alive and stand as archetypes and symbols. In fact, it's that very "archetypalness" that makes the book incredible. To avoid spoilers, I'll simply say that a certain character realizes the world can't be as flat and simple as he's always made it out to be. I love just about every moment of the book and was thrilled on rereading to find that Victor Hugo was incredibly ahead of his time when it came to religion and public education.
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