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Lisa of Hopewell
Trying AGAIN to read this with an online book club. The first part is DULL. I hear it gets better, so I'm trying to stick with it. Last attempt was the summer of 2011. This time it's 1001 Books Before You Die here on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/... ...more
Katie
Sep 14, 2008 rated it it was amazing
This was a stunning book. I got many strange looks because I was carrying around such an enormous book, but I got through it surprisingly quickly. This story was really very beautiful. Jean Valjean is simply the picture of saintliness, and the morality of each of his actions was truly amazing. The action of the novel was well-thought-out and very interesting. This novel also gave me a much clearer, more accurate picture of 19th century France than any other book I've ever read. By its conclusion ...more
Beth
Aug 01, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Could possibly be the best book ever written....
Terry
Jul 21, 2008 rated it really liked it
Jenna
Aug 07, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
MichelleCH
Dec 22, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, 1001, favorites
Ksmom
Mar 14, 2009 marked it as to-read
Carla
Apr 11, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: classics
Stefanie
Apr 22, 2009 marked it as wishlist
Nanosynergy
May 06, 2009 marked it as to-read
N.R. Bergeson
May 19, 2009 rated it really liked it
Keith Bado
Jul 25, 2009 marked it as to-read
Kimberly
Feb 23, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: books-i-own, ebooks
M.H. Sullivan
May 05, 2010 rated it liked it
Kiri
May 13, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: z-read-1970-1999
C.
Oct 25, 2010 rated it really liked it
Kristi
Nov 17, 2010 marked it as to-read
Mike
Aug 06, 2011 marked it as to-read
Susan Pogorzelski
Sep 17, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Annie
Nov 20, 2012 marked it as 1001-list  ·  review of another edition
Dawn
Nov 29, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jessica
Jan 04, 2013 marked it as to-read
Devin
Jan 26, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: on-my-nook
Shahrzad Lolachi
Jun 22, 2013 rated it it was ok
Amber
Oct 13, 2013 marked it as to-read