Javert: Those who falter and those who fall must pay the price!Valjean: lol you can Les Mis me with that shit.The first year I worked at the bookstore I very excitedly dressed as Enjolras to work the Halloween night shift but nobody came so I just sat alone with all the empty chairs and empty tables and read Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables* uninterrupted for 5 hours. Ideal work day to be honest.But this book is wild. Epic in scope and casting a critical eye on the mistreatment of the poor with the...

Welcome to... sigh... *Les Misérables*.I'm going to read a chapter (or whatever the *Les Misérables* equivalent of a chapter is—100 pages? A normal-sized book? Undue suffering?) of this a day until I'm done, a process which will begin in May but end way after that.I've been thinking about reading *Les Misérables* as a way to get into weightlifting, so. It's beach body season or whatever. Let's do this. I'm so scared right now.BOOK ONE: A GOOD MANOh, great. This is divided into 48 books. That's a...

Simply marvelous.It's taken me over three months to write this review. Ever since I finished reading it in March, I've been drafting and redrafting, trying to express everything I felt while reading this masterpiece. The problem is, I have so many thoughts and reflections related to this book swirling around in my head that just recounting them all has become incredibly difficult. I confess, the frustration of not being satisfied with what I was writing almost led me to scrap this review altoget...

This is one of the most beautiful and best books ever written about human suffering; a true masterpiece. That's no exaggeration, and anyone who's read and loved it would agree. I've seen the musical and a miniseries, but the book, *Les Misérables*, surpasses them all. In my opinion, nothing compares. Reading *Les Misérables* was such a rewarding experience. While many areas, including politics, progress, religion, and morals, are discussed in this lengthy work, the story, as we all know, is the...

\"They fought hand to hand, foot to foot, with pistols, with sabers, with fists, from a distance, from up close, from above, below, everywhere at once, from the roofs of houses, from the windows of the tavern, from the basement windows of the cellars that some of them had slipped down into. It was one against sixty. The façade of Corinthe, half-demolished, was hideous to behold. The window, speckled with shot, had lost both glass and frame, and was just a shapeless hole, crazily stopped up with ...

There are moments when the soul is kneeling, no matter the position of the body. And in prison, your bitterness increases and your heart darkens. In all types of "prison" that we throw ourselves behind bars in, by our own "choice," the darkness of our souls will increase. So what if you were imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread? ☆ No good deed goes unpunished ☆ Well, this is one of those enduring classics that I resent because it "fried my brain." When you read the masterpieces...

I'm in the minority, unfortunately. I thought the book was just okay. I was hoping it would blow my mind and become a favorite like *The Count Of Monte Cristo*, since I was a little intimidated by that book too, but alas, it wasn't meant to be =(Might as well throw up the old spoilers tag here! Oh, and even though Jean's name gets changed in *Les Misérables*, I'm sticking with Jean so I don't get all confused!FANTINE 1)An Upright Man2) The Fall3) In The Year 18174) To Trust Is Sometimes To Sur...

Les Misérables can be translated from the French into "The Miserable Ones," "The Wretched," "The Poor Ones," "The Wretched Poor," or "The Victims." So, as you've probably guessed, this isn't exactly a feel-good book. Think of it as a classic book review with depth.In fact, it's the polar opposite of fluffy happiness. It's a story about the lowest and darkest corners of French society in the first half of the nineteenth century. Victor Hugo takes the reader on a 1200+ page journey around France a...

Edit 2/19/26: A trans guy wrote this. Got a problem with that? Then don't waste my time.For everyone else:Let's say I could pick just one book, knowing every single person would read it. I wouldn't pick my top three favorites, or even the one I have tattooed on me. I'd pick *Les Misérables*. You might argue about the length! The historical setting! The cultural differences! It's just another long, drawn-out story by some old, dead white guy who's been suffocating literature for centuries! Women ...

One of the "biggest" books I've ever read, and I kept remembering Mick Foley's "warning" about tackling a book this size. "A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it, or that it will have a happy ending. Kind of like going out with a girl, having to spend time every day with her - with absolutely no guarantee of nailing her in the end. No thanks." Haha... Well, I took my chances reading this massive tome. ...