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Summary: This is the best book I ever read.
Review: Of the 20+ classics I was required to read in my honors english class, Les Miserables was the only one that did not put me to sleep. It is the best book I ever read.
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Summary: The best book I have ever read!
Review: Les Miserables is the best book I have ever read. Once you start reading this book, you can't put it down. Hugo brings you into the story and you can't wait to see what happens next. READ THIS BOOK!!!
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Summary: The Absolute best book ever written. . .
Review: The spring when I was 14, I borrowed Les Miserables from my friend. . .the unabridged version, which I carried with me night and day for the three weeks it took me to read it. In doing so, I not only discovered that reading a 1,463 book is a great way to get an extra three weeks to work on your book report, but that many, if not all, truths of life can be found in this book. This book literally has something for everyone. Romance, war, theology, history. . .whatever your interest, I can guarantee you there are AT LEAST 50 pages of this novel devoted to it! Victor Hugo, nothing if not long-winded, weaves a spellbinding tapestry with his words on which the very FEELING that is France comes to life. Read this book for the romance, read this book for the battles, read this book for the colorful world of France, read this book for the everlasting value of the message of redemption. Whatever your reason,just read this book. Forget the length and just dive into the beautiful world of 19th century Europe and Victor Hugo.
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Summary: Matchless, Powerful, Simply The Greatest Book Ever Written
Review: Read it. This is one of those rare classics that sheds some light upon humanity, shows us some of the most beautiful and nightmarish circumstances we are capable of. It is touching, beautiful, powerful, for lack of better words, awesome. Read it. Share it. The world waits for Les Miserables. ------>P.S. Buy the hard cover edition- Modern Library. It is an excellent translation. And DON'T READ THE ABRIDGED VERSION!!!!!! THAT IS INEXCUSABLE!!!!!!!
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Summary: I luv it, it really makes you think
Review: I just started to read this book, and it's so good, and I love the way that Victor Hugo describes Europe in the 19th century
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Summary: Perhapse the greatest novel ever written. . .
Review: I am well on my way to start reading this novel for the third time. The first and second were a pure delight. I must say, this is perhapse the greatest novel ever written. I got interested in it through the Broadway musical. I fell in love with the charactars, ideas and plot. I needed to know more. I needed to read the novel. all 1463 pages of this version were worth it. Jean ValJean is such a deep subject.
He is among the innocent, yet guilty in society. He has such an impact in the lives of those who had contact with him and those who read this novel.
But Inspector Javert is the one that captivates me the most. He is so strong and authoritative. But his authority, when questioned grinds into his soul to
eventually cause his suicide in the Seine river. I cry every time I read "Jean ValJean" book four, "Javert off the Track". I can feel his ponderance in the position
he faces. My heart beats for Javert in his confused sorrow. Mr. Thenardier is also a strange mixture of gruesome cruelty and French morality in the third class.
He has reason for his actions but preforms them in such a helter-skelter tone. Not only the characters but the settings enthrall me. Hugo's discriptions of old France are captivating and so accurate in forcing you to believe in the time.
The barracades and the revolution put you in such an atmosphere with such a purpose, it can be described in no other way but amazing.
This book in no way can be vociferated in comparison with other masterpeices in this know literary world.
just my opinion.
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Summary: A well-written book, but more than a bit long
Review: I just finished Les Miserables before I returned to school for the spring semester, and I have to say that it was a very well-written book. For the most part, it flowed well. However, there were several parts that I would have either shortened or completely removed, being a writer myself. Don't get me wrong, the book was very good as a whole. The character development was incredible, especially the interactions betweeen Jean Valjean, Cosette, Eponine, and the others. Eponine almost single-handedly destroyed Cosette's and Marius's relationship, simply by slipping a note inside the fence that told Jean Valjean to "MOVE OUT". Then her sacrifice by putting her hand in front of a musket to save Marius's life shortly thereafter was equally compelling. There were parts of the book that seem like you have to have been to Paris to completely understand. Hugo does a good job describing the city to give the reader a general idea of how things are located and where they look like, but as I said before, there are times he seems to go off on a tangent and relate something to the reader seemingly irrelevant to the story. Had I been revising the book, I think I could have managed to cut out 300 pages or so, but not many more without jeopardizing the integrity of the story. Nonetheless, Les Misérables is a book that will continue to live on and remain a classic and must-read for any fans of French literature or history, or simply those people who enjoy long books. Hats off to Victor Hugo for, overall, a job well done.
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Summary: Eponine: Truly the most fascinating character of the novel!
Review: I read Les Mis last year as an assignment for my high school English class and instantly feel in love with the story and characters (I ended up reading the abridged version 3 times). Upon reading all of the other reviews, I was startled that nobody even mentioned the character of Eponine. She is the epitome of progress and definately the most intriguing, not to mention original, characters of the novel. She was brought up to lie and steal, but yet had room in her hardended heart to love Marius. At the beginning we see her as a bratty, jealous child and yet in the end she was a martyr. I feel Eponine made one of the most remarkable changes of attitude in the novel. Her progress is commendable. May we all have such great revelations.
Truly the most remarkable and moving book I've ever read. A must-read!
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Summary: A story worth reading...and telling
Review: This review and recommendation comes from not only me, but 22 first-graders as well. We all agree that you must read this book. While reading it during the school year I told the story to my first-graders upon finishing a section at home. They looked forward to it eagerly, often asking if I could continue the story, sometimes during recess. And first-graders don't willingly give up their recess very often. We experienced many laughs as the children tried to pronounce the name while begging to hear more. As a teacher, I've never known anything to capture the attention of children the way this story did. As I sat looking out over my class while telling the story I was amazed to see them all quietly staring back at me. In the beginning it was quite eerie and almost scary. This doesn't happen very often in a first-grade classroom, you see. Once I became accustomed to it, it was very exciting. In telling the story as I read, I realized the many moral dilemmas with which Jean Valjean was confronted. Each dilemma was thoroughly discussed with the children, enabling them to encounter situations they may otherwise never encounter. This is one of the most important reasons to read and one of the greatest reasons to read this book. My first-graders came to know and despise Javert and Thenardier just as most readers of this book will. They loved little Cossette and felt terrible for all she endured. Later when Cossette was grown and had fallen in love with Marius and they kissed, the children were disgusted. It will take more than great literature to get little children past their abhorrence of kissing, I suppose. Any author who is able to speak to young children about such weighty subjects and catch their attention so fully has written a great book. My first graders and I can heartily recommend this book to anyone who enjoys great literature. As those of you know who have experienced a roomful of six and seven-year-olds (or even a handful), anything that can keep them quiet, engaged, and eager for more must be a wonderful thing. We say, do yourself a favor and read Les Miserables. And if you feel up to it, share the story with a child.
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Summary: Victory
Review: If there were only one book that i was ever going to read, this would not be it, the Bible would be, but this would be my next choice. I wont explain the book, since this page does that, but i wonder if it reminded anyone else of Forest Gump or the Shawshank Redmption. I compare it to those for a couple of reasons, one is that those are the only other works of media that have moved me to tears. I think that this book combines the two leasons that those previous mentioned items taught into one book. I will not tell you how great this book is, just read these other reviews. Can 30 or more people who give it no less than a 10 all be wrong?
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