‘Les Miserable’ have you ever read it?

Hey everyone,

I have been reading Les Miserable for the past year, yes one year! The thing is the book is 1263 pages it is huge! It is bigger in size than the Bible, haha. I am a little bit more than half of the way through.

I am loving the gems that Victor Hugo puts in with this writing, but I am also struggling with the amount of detail he includes. It makes me very aware of the modern attention span, which they say is 8 seconds long shorter than a gold fish which is 9 seconds haha.

I want to persevere with the book as I love the actual story of love, redemption, grace, revolution and justice and mercy. It is an epic story that is worthy of attention. Hugo actually received one of the highest payments for this book at the time, the equivalent of a million dollar payment for it. He argued for this, but in a way it is also a historical book talking about France and the revolution in detail. It is definitely worthy of the money but that is phenomenal, even now not many people receive that amount of money.

Anyway, I just wanted to post up a pic to show how substantial the book is – I am loving the wisdom, philosophy, observation of life, complexity of characterisation, and the depth of story.

I do recommend reading it, however you have to persevere haha so be prepared for this. It is not for the faint hearted. (The cover has deteriorated over the past few years).

Happy reading and writing! I am still writing my third novel – and enjoying this process.