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Well, what to say about this book.
First of all, it IS different than the musical and new movie—in some places significantly and in other places fairly similar.
At first, I found it difficult to get into this book. Hugo has this obsession with little rabbit trails, where he goes off describing wars, or meanings of names, or characters. For instance, the bishop that gives Jean Valjean the candlesticks had a HUGE exposition on his character that went on and on and on and on—by Jove, I couldn’t sta ...more
First of all, it IS different than the musical and new movie—in some places significantly and in other places fairly similar.
At first, I found it difficult to get into this book. Hugo has this obsession with little rabbit trails, where he goes off describing wars, or meanings of names, or characters. For instance, the bishop that gives Jean Valjean the candlesticks had a HUGE exposition on his character that went on and on and on and on—by Jove, I couldn’t sta ...more
I have nothing to declare but this - Victor Hugo was a genius.
Mar 22, 2010
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