If you want the embarrassing truth, I had to return Les Mis to the library uncompleted. Despite having renewed the novel approximately three times, I had only finished Part 1: Fantine. Fortunately, no one else wanted to read it, so I borrowed it again almost immediately, and promptly continued my habit …
So. Anyone mind if I grumble a little? (These Les Mis posts are going to be gossipy types instead of the usual academic sort, fyi.) It’s just. Victor Hugo REALLY could have used an editor. Norman Denny (translator) wrote in his introduction that he slightly curtailed the worst of Hugo’s excesses, …
Unofficial subtitle of this post: let’s stick to the introduction for now, shall we? Hi! Janet here. This is the first of what will probably be four posts on Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables (the edition* I’m reading is 1232 pages, so probably is the most definite I can be right now). If …
Hardcover, 128 pages Expected publication: May 5th 2015 by First Second Source: Publisher Important: Please note that the book does contain scenes of nudity and is appropriate for older readers. No middlegrade audiences and below for this one. (Also, it is super awkward to put this warning because I don’t know …
