I played Cosette in my high school's production of Les Mis, and have belted out renditions of 'On My Own' and 'I Dreamed a Dream' in the shower for years. I guess it's time for me to actually sit down and try to read this mammoth of a book.
Les Misérables is one of my favorites stories of all time. I've seen the musical (the 25th anniversary) so many times I lost count. Sadly enough I've never seen it in real life so I hope one day I will. I'm also really excited to go see the movie musical in theaters soon.Now, I've wanted to read thi...
"We can only suppose that its new life as a musical - and what an appropriate fate for that most operatic novelist - will help to bring Les Misérables to the attention of a new generation of readers, reminding them perhaps that the abuses Hugo catalogues are still alive elsewhere, awaiting their own...
Though I read it many times before, I feel now, after I read it once again, like I didn't read it at all!Each time I read it I discover something new. It's just fascinating. It's a story about everything - freedom, love, friendship and sacrifice. It talks about human suffering. It's real and true. ...
Les Miserables can be translated from the French into "The Miserable Ones", "The Wretched", "The Poor Ones", "The Wretched Poor" or "The Victims". So, as you will have concluded, this is not a happy book, it is the very opposite of fluffy happiness, it is a story about the lowest and darkest parts o...
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