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Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Start date: December 1, 2012

Finish date: January 31, 2013

Discussion: Buddy Reads-Current

Why we're reading this: This is the group read for December and January. We will now change it to a buddy read for the remaining …more
[close] This is the group read for December and January. We will now change it to a buddy read for the remaining time.

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Jul 15, 2011 Nicole rated it it was amazing

Shelves: france, 2015, 1001-list-books, favorites, dailylit, readathon-day-2015

What is there to say? Poignant, often heart-breaking, sometimes maddeningly off on long tangents that are worthwhile on their own merit. One of the hardest books I've read for many reasons and one of the longest. But it's also one that will stay with me for a long time. Well worth the effort. ...more

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Jan 24, 2013 Pat Gerber-Relf rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

There has been some discussion about this topic, mostly in connection with the film. I have not seen the film, know the show, or anything. I would like to but one thing I knew. Before I watch the film the book will be read. I gave up the idea of reading original French, my French is not good enough to follow Victor Hugo, but I have now read the book, nearly a thousand pages according to my son (I read it on my iPad). I do not know how much has been changed and twisted in the story by making a fi ...more

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