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Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Start date: January 1, 2013

Finish date: January 31, 2013

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Feb 10, 2012 Melissa (ladybug) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4stars, yearly-challenge, 1001-adult

Finally Finished!!! Whew. This is a really good book, but Hugo does go off into tangents. What was he thinking when he wrote about the street slang for example? He goes off on these tangents and I have only found one or two of them to contribute anything to the main stories of Jean Valjean, Cosette and Marius.

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Nov 22, 2010 Ben rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned-calibre

Summary: A massive book by a French patriot about people, humanity society and philosophy.
He uses an epic story of one mans redemption to illustrate and navigate a lot of these ideas.

Things I liked:

Characters:

I loved the characters like Val Jean and Gav Roche. Fantine and Javert and many other besides.

While they may have been a little unrealistic at times (extreme people in extreme circumstances certainly not like anyone I really know or have met); they ooze poetry (extreme ideas counter po ...more

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Feb 23, 2011 Meghan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

I read this in french, and I _LOVED_ it. I can't even write a review except to say: anyone who hasn't read this is in for a treat (a heartwrenching, wonderfully loving, unexpectedly touching) treat. ...more

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