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Joanna
is on page 300 of 1463
ugh how is this book still so relevant all these years later!!! javert representing punitive, carceral justice and valjean representing restorative justice. the way montreuil-sur-mer reacts to the news of him being valjean and just... turning on him. fantine being thrown in a pauper's grave without being remembered bc the cure decided she didn't deserve a proper burial and no one was left to advocate for her... FUCK.
— Jan 30, 2025 09:34AM
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Joanna
is on page 574 of 1463
is this heavy-handed with the god and the catholicism? yes! is it still so touching to watch a man turn away from cruelty repeatedly despite how cruel the world has been to him? yes!!! that is why this is The Novel!!!
— Feb 07, 2025 12:00PM
Joanna
is on page 427 of 1463
cosette and jean valjean i love you so much. the kindness and hope that radiate off you both are so important to me and i will never not adore you as characters. and i haven't even made it to my favorite character yet! i'm this soft and emotional over characters that i'm like "yeah cool they're here" about!!!!
— Feb 01, 2025 04:17PM
Joanna
is on page 157 of 1463
"there are souls that, crablike, crawl continually toward darkness, going backward in life rather than advancing, using their experience to increase their deformity, growing continually worse..."
there are two major inciting incidents in les mis and despite this chapter being super short it is probably the second most pivotal chapter in the story. i love you cosette.
— May 28, 2023 07:56AM
there are two major inciting incidents in les mis and despite this chapter being super short it is probably the second most pivotal chapter in the story. i love you cosette.
Joanna
is on page 144 of 1463
"history ignores almost all these minutiae: it cannot do otherwise... nonetheless, these details, which are incorrectly termed little - there being neither little facts in humanity nor little leaves in vegetation - are useful. it is the features of the years that makes up the face of the century."
FUCK felix all my homies HATE felix.
— May 21, 2023 09:56AM
FUCK felix all my homies HATE felix.
Joanna
is on page 113 of 1463
"how mournful the moment when society draws back and permits the irreparable loss of a sentient being."
book 2 of fantine was essentially 70 pages of victor hugo pointing out how fucked up imprisoning people is and i love it so much.
— May 14, 2023 05:55PM
book 2 of fantine was essentially 70 pages of victor hugo pointing out how fucked up imprisoning people is and i love it so much.
Joanna
is on page 58 of 1463
"the guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness."
— May 07, 2023 06:13PM
