my love affair with 'les miserables'
i started reading it the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of college. i got through about half (600 pagesish) of it, but school started so i had to stop. a year or two after that, i got back to it, but i had so loved the first half that i started at the beginning and read the whole thing. i'm now finishing my third full time through it, and the only reason i haven't read it more times is because there are far too many books in this world for me to read the same one every year. i love this book. i love jean valjean and i love the bishop. i love the story of redemption. i love the way the story points to GOD. every time i set it down because i have to stop reading it for whatever reason, i set it down thinking, 'this is my favorite book. every time i read it it makes me so happy. i want to just read it over and over.' at times i've been known to lovingly stroke the spine or the cover.
it's a tad ridiculous.
it's a tad ridiculous.
posted by melilotnfosco | 10:41 PM
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I haven't read it yet. I really should. I love stories of redemption (for obvious reasons:).
somebody asked me why i don't just see the movie. not having seen the movie (or yet completed the book), i can't honestly claim that the book is better, but i have a strong feeling that a lot of the depth of the book is lost in the movie
but yes, i would like to see the movie (both the liam neeson one and the hugh jackman one) at some point
as i'm reading the book this time, i'm really noticing how off the second half of the liam neeson version is (i don't think i owned it before i read it last time, so i didn't know the movie as well), which is making me sad at it. but considering it has liam neeson and geoffrey rush, and does tell a redemption story, i'm able to forgive it.
it's great to get your take on the book. i rarely hear anyone talk about the book; i almost wonder if the general population think of it only as a musical. and after this, the new generation will only think of it as a movie.
so sad. what has our society become? they miss out on so many wonderful things because they're too lazy to read. i would understand if it was just that they've read different things than i have, but to think of everything as a movie - that just sounds so horrible.
I've only ever read a shortened version and in French for school. Probably not the best way to get a good feel for the book! ;) I'll add it to my list.
to be honest i do kind of skip/skim parts of it now. but i don't want to read an abridged version, because they might abridge things i don't want abridged.
the social worker at work just asked if she could borrow it when i'm done. go me. :)
i finished it, but i can't give it to her right away. i like to absorb it a bit. actually, i'm always sad to move on to the next book after it. i'm a bit like that with 'notre dame de paris' (to call it by it's proper name) and lotr, too.
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