tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post7260020289880281358..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Books: Les Miserables by Victor HugoLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-69862187034722175792013-09-05T21:35:31.508+01:002013-09-05T21:35:31.508+01:00How have I only just discovered your blog? I LOVE ...How have I only just discovered your blog? I LOVE your posts, they make me want to run down to a bookshop and buy ALL the books, you get so excited about them. :) :) <br /><br />I read Les Miserables earlier this year, between two viewings of the movie (Er, several weeks apart, not in a single afternoon!) I didn't cry the first time I saw the film, but after reading the book I was bonding with the other ladies in the cinema over a pack of tissues. <br /><br />But MY GOODNESS he needed an editor. (In my review I also gave people permission to skip segments.) Do we really need to know ALL about the battle of Waterloo, just to set the scene for one act? Did M. Hugo really think we would be bereft if we only read fourteen pages about the sewers, and would only be satisfied with 15 pages of poo? <br /><br />And Marius and Cosette just annoyed me. The only named characters to survive - I wish them a LONG life together.Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-53350666371061832692013-08-21T13:41:14.022+01:002013-08-21T13:41:14.022+01:00I read it a few years ago and agree with your asse...I read it a few years ago and agree with your assessment. The scope and range of it is extraordinary as is the characterisation. I can't think of anything else that I've read that comes close.<br /><br />Marlene Detierro (<a href="http://www.trustprice.com/products/c-1018/software-download.html" rel="nofollow">Software Download</a>)<br />Marlene Detierrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035816972520443608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-8926647181245964342013-06-13T10:02:55.952+01:002013-06-13T10:02:55.952+01:00HA! This is exactly how I felt when I read it. Too...HA! This is exactly how I felt when I read it. Too many digressions. Too many words. Too much non-info. <br /><br />Mr. Editor, FFS!<br /><br />But then I've found that a lot of old-timey books have this same problem. I haven't seen the film an doubt I will (Russel Crowe singing *shudder*). <br /><br />FBThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11655437171734022043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-44293122091717031032013-06-12T19:03:53.722+01:002013-06-12T19:03:53.722+01:00Yes- that is, in fact, a really excellent succinct...Yes- that is, in fact, a really excellent succinct summary of my whole review hehehehe :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-57030893755242373772013-06-12T17:25:16.094+01:002013-06-12T17:25:16.094+01:00I ended up loving it overall, the story is just so...I ended up loving it overall, the story is just so epic, but there are some sections in serious need of an editor!Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-88279580948894967012013-06-12T12:46:20.745+01:002013-06-12T12:46:20.745+01:00I think prior permission to skip stuff is definite...I think prior permission to skip stuff is definitely a good thing because otherwise there's always the VOICE OF DOUBT in your brain going 'but you might be missing some really good stuff. GO BACK AND READ THAT PART.' etc etc. But yeah, I give you permission with this book, because frankly it's the only way to get through it!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-19620954173099555252013-06-12T01:32:10.499+01:002013-06-12T01:32:10.499+01:00I need to read this at some point! I've been m...I need to read this at some point! I've been meaning to for ages and just never got around to it.. <br /><br />It's good to know that skipping sections is fine. I still feel a bit guilty about the amount of stuff about Indian politics that I skim read when I was reading A Suitable Boy, hehe. Maybe I just need prior permission to kip through some stuff to make me feel okay about it!Jimjamjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249933703532348607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-32965163905229434072013-06-11T21:02:19.664+01:002013-06-11T21:02:19.664+01:00OMG can we make her do this?? If she sings it in F...OMG can we make her do this?? If she sings it in French too then we won't even know what its about and it'll just sound spectacular!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-5886051946807895212013-06-11T21:01:40.385+01:002013-06-11T21:01:40.385+01:00YAY!!! I can't promise that it'll be easy,...YAY!!! I can't promise that it'll be easy, but I CAN promise that you will get stuff out of it. Very good stuff. :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-90865723868510410052013-06-11T21:00:43.088+01:002013-06-11T21:00:43.088+01:00Oh dude, when I read that bit I genuinely felt rea...Oh dude, when I read that bit I genuinely felt really bad that we hadn't lived up to Hugo's expectations like AT ALL. But at least he died without knowing that! You should totally read the abridged version of this OR just read the actual book and skip the bits that seem like they need skipping (you'll know what they are!)<br /><br />The thought that it actually has TERRIFIES me. A person who thinks every single word in this book is important and precious is a person I cannot see eye-to-eye with.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-24105977529566879342013-06-11T20:45:13.449+01:002013-06-11T20:45:13.449+01:00If anyone can make this happen, it would be Alice....If anyone can make this happen, it would be Alice. Tell her to do a vlog/ Parisian sewer musical... Good Lord, she would somehow make it sound very lovely!Etudesquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106938419901219249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-38813647180420271632013-06-11T20:42:15.269+01:002013-06-11T20:42:15.269+01:00SO. MUCH. RAMBLING! I do think that I would read a...SO. MUCH. RAMBLING! I do think that I would read another one of his books, because the rewards are worth it, but I doubt that reading his stuff is ever going to NOT feel like work. But yeah, its purest form is SO GOOD. I can't even explain how good it is. <br /><br />Imagine if someone did want an explanation of the Parisian sewers in song form! What kind of person would that BE?!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-22365632386960298742013-06-11T20:40:00.909+01:002013-06-11T20:40:00.909+01:00There were SO many times where I was like 'I c...There were SO many times where I was like 'I could edit this and it would be like the best book ever' and I really hope that abridgements of it are really good? Because they totally could be.<br /><br />I was reading on Wikipedia that the release of Les Miserables was like this huge international event! So people obviously liked Hugo! But then, people ALSO liked Pamela so I think all we can really conclude from this is that people are stupid.<br /><br />And I don't hate Marius and Cosette! And I like them even more in the movie/stage version because it didn't feel like Marius was this giant deviation from Jean Valjeans story in that. But I definitely appreciate their existence in the book because UGH so much sadness.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-62233608850419635462013-06-11T20:35:14.127+01:002013-06-11T20:35:14.127+01:00All I can suggest is that there's someone call...All I can suggest is that there's someone called Peter Sarsgaard which is, you know, sort of similar, OR because the second a is supposed to have a little circle doohickey over it? <br /><br />I don't know, that's all I've got.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-54767482432037205772013-06-11T20:17:39.829+01:002013-06-11T20:17:39.829+01:00I loved this post!
I am reading it for the classic...I loved this post!<br />I am reading it for the classics club at some point soon, your post has inspired me :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-5932667967183236042013-06-11T19:57:48.923+01:002013-06-11T19:57:48.923+01:00You make me want to read the abridged version of t...You make me want to read the abridged version of this. I mean, look at that optimism he has for the future! I almost want to be like "It's a good thing you're not around to see what we do cos we have not met any of your goals. I'm sorry."<br /><br />'yeah, but they missed out the SEWER EXPLANATION.' - I am like 99% sure this has been uttered, in earnest, by someone in regards to the musical.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-67045755828516308332013-06-11T19:54:07.184+01:002013-06-11T19:54:07.184+01:00DITTODITTOReading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-77760637086713471032013-06-11T17:21:06.972+01:002013-06-11T17:21:06.972+01:00I've never read a single one of Hugo's wor...I've never read a single one of Hugo's works (GASP) mainly because I develop reader's ADHD when I get into a rambling passage. And Hugo's famous for his rambling, I hear! I'm glad that the recent movie adaptation was so good with the pruning of the book. I just about died when I read this part of your blog: "I can't even stand the thought that anyone who's read Les Miserables could watch that and go 'yeah, but they missed out the SEWER EXPLANATION.'" Etudesquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106938419901219249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-58531057253369394572013-06-11T15:09:12.295+01:002013-06-11T15:09:12.295+01:00"LET ME EDIT YOUR BOOK"
I am behind thi..."LET ME EDIT YOUR BOOK"<br /><br />I am behind this notion.<br /><br />Yeah, Hugo's kind of insane with the historical digressions. I'm not sure why people tolerated them at the time, BUT THEY SEEMED TO, because he does them in every damn book and they're always horrible.<br /><br />Also I LIKE MARIUS AND COSETTE THERE I SAID ITReading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-31248975900698876832013-06-11T09:03:14.872+01:002013-06-11T09:03:14.872+01:00why do I always want to put an extra 'a' i...why do I always want to put an extra 'a' in skarsgard?Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889220731638919659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-2107801005539855722013-06-11T09:02:08.503+01:002013-06-11T09:02:08.503+01:00That skarsgaard gif has amused me so much.
"...That skarsgaard gif has amused me so much.<br /><br />"he only bestows two kisses in his life, both on the body of a fallen comrade. Hot."<br /> <br />I feel so erotic<br /><br />Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889220731638919659noreply@blogger.com