Dena's review of Les Misérables
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
This is easily the best book that I have ever read. No one should let its size intimidate!
I have never been moved by a story the way that this book has moved me. This book will stay with you forever, whether through Enjolras's courage, Javert's determination, Fantine's despair, Marius's heart, Cosette's longing, Eponine's love and rejection, and most of all, Jean Valjean's journey toward perfection. I have heard it said that this book is depressing, and I believe that if you feel this way, you have missed what Hugo is trying to tell you. This is a book about hope. It is a story that illustrates that man is perfectable, no matter the circumstances that have come before. Your journey can begin at any walk of life, and is accomplishable.
Although this book is largely a work of fiction, I am moved each time by the story of the students on the barricades. This is a well written account of what actually took place, and I have thought of them numerous times, fighting for what ...more
I have never been moved by a story the way that this book has moved me. This book will stay with you forever, whether through Enjolras's courage, Javert's determination, Fantine's despair, Marius's heart, Cosette's longing, Eponine's love and rejection, and most of all, Jean Valjean's journey toward perfection. I have heard it said that this book is depressing, and I believe that if you feel this way, you have missed what Hugo is trying to tell you. This is a book about hope. It is a story that illustrates that man is perfectable, no matter the circumstances that have come before. Your journey can begin at any walk of life, and is accomplishable.
Although this book is largely a work of fiction, I am moved each time by the story of the students on the barricades. This is a well written account of what actually took place, and I have thought of them numerous times, fighting for what ...more
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