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by Victor Hugo
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Paperback Castles
Paperback Castles rated it 12 years ago
“There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” So - where should I begin? I do not even think it remotely possible to sum up all my feelings about this novel in 20.000 simple letters. Perhaps I will never be able to put down in words how this book touched me and burned into the core of my bei...
Cynically Speaking
Cynically Speaking rated it 12 years ago
Might as well get the length out of the way. "Les Miserables", the unabridged version, is longer than either "War and Peace" or "Anna Karenina"; and both of Tolstoy's classics took me about two months to get through as did Les Miserables. The narrative gets 5-Stars. It is because of the interlude...
Lived One Thousand Lives
Lived One Thousand Lives rated it 12 years ago
~Disclaimer: I read the abridged version with the cover of the one pictured left because, who has time to read a 1,000 page book. I might read the whole book this summer, though.~Overall: I really loved this book! It was nothing like the movie, but don't even get me started. I loved the writing styl...
Aren's Library
Aren's Library rated it 12 years ago
Next to the Bible, this is the longest book I've ever read because I had to be the smart ass and get the unabridged version. Tragic and sad, but I loved it.
Book Candy
Book Candy rated it 12 years ago
This epic novel by Victor Hugo was quite a surprising treat. I think the enchantment felt was partially due to the lack of knowledge I had of this popular story. I've never seen any of the films or ventured out to see the play. Anyone who has ever read this will know Hugo tends to digress into many ...
Blogged Out Ma Nut
Blogged Out Ma Nut rated it 12 years ago
Don't know if I will ever read this, having now seen the film, which proceeds at such a blistering pace and so inappropriately in song, and is yet so inexplicably popular that I had to stop afterwards and convince myself I was a human being. People appeared on screen for the first time then died not...
rosemaryknits
rosemaryknits rated it 12 years ago
I am so sad that I'm finished with this book. I don't want to leave these people. Oh, and I want to run away with Jean Valjean.
Book Ramblings
Book Ramblings rated it 12 years ago
Question on Reddit:Q: What would be Victor Hugo's reaction be if he saw the musical/movie version of his book, Les Miserables?A: "What sorcery is this?"The book is full of profound quotable lines, but I went with the above anyway, it just tickled me when I read it. Phew! Took me a full month to read...
Dreamworld
Dreamworld rated it 12 years ago
Review later.
AnnaMatsuyama
AnnaMatsuyama rated it 12 years ago
3.5[...]there is no man more terrible in action than a dreamer.The story is amazing and I understand why musicals and movies are so popular as they don't include Hugo's moralizing, preaching, philosophizing. I din't mind these parts especially about Waterloo and Paris sewers but I see why some peopl...
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