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“ Magnon was a sort of fashionable woman in the sphere of crime. She was careful about her toilet. She shared her lodgings, which were furnished in an affected and wretched style, with a clever gallicized English thief. This English woman, who had become a naturalized Parisienne, recommended by very wealthy relations, intimately connected with the medals in the Library and Mademoiselle Mar’s diamonds, became celebrated later on in judicial accounts. She was called Mamselle Miss. ”

— Les Misérables, Magnon ( Illustrated By Renato Guttuso, 1966 )

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end of summer

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Vol.V - Book.III - Ch.X

IM DONE WITH THOSE TWO LMAOO

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Mary Ellen Snodgrass how, in the year 1995, did you publish An illustrated dictionary of little-known words from literary classics and seriously write that the name of the antagonist from Les Miserables was named Valvert ??? I have entered an alternate dimension. 

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Agreed with better examples for sure, but there is actually a random girl who comes by to say how handsome Valjean is lol. in marius chapter one of book six:

“-- If he had worn a decoration, Marius would have said: “He is an ex-officer.” He had a kindly but unapproachable air, and he never let his glance linger on the eyes of any one. He wore blue trousers, a blue frock coat and a broad-brimmed hat, which always appeared to be new, a black cravat, a quaker shirt, that is to say, it was dazzlingly white, but of coarse linen. A grisette who passed near him one day, said: “Here’s a very tidy widower.” His hair was very white. “

Did they just call Marius a grisette? Who is this about? I feel like there are lots of examples from the book that would have been more illustrative than this…

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marius! marius my boy! the money (six-hundred-thousand francs) is cosette’s! the (bead money) fortune (made from glass beads) is her’s to live in luxury (glass beads i spent years producing)! marius- you must listen (SIX-HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS FROM BEADS), this money came from my factory (glass beads) which had great success (bead money made from being better than german black glass) and had grossed (“Berlin Jewelry” my ass) high sums! MARIUS (twelve hundred beads)! you must enjoy this money (bead money from my bead factory), marius!

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Les Misérables | ‏Jean Valjean ( Illustrated by Lynd Ward, 1938 )

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Les Misérables | ‏Jean Valjean Frees Javert ( Illustrated by Lynd Ward, 1938 )

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Anthony Perkins (and that coat) filming ‘Les Misérables’ in Sarlat, France.

This is an extract from a three page article that is currently being for sale on ebay. Apologies for cropping out the photo to the original seller.

For those interested, the excerpt here essentially talks first about how transformed Perkins looks in his costume, proceeds to gush over his handsomeness, and continues by outlining the difficulty in catching him for this talk (apparently Perkins’ family took priority in everything ;)

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Les Misérables | Jean Valjean as a National Guard ( Illustrated by Lynd Ward, 1938 )

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Everything in Les Mis BBC is like either cringe or a hate crime but the lazy racism of BBC “colorblind” casting aka always casting antagonistic or background inconsequential roles as black is like. Stunning. Been talked about to death but Thernadier might be the last straw like he’s famous for not writing well and being a lazy grifter drunk deadbeat but to top it off his ending in the book is becoming a fucking slave master in america. No words. Above that Toussaint. Cosette’s maid Toussaint really. Doubly nefarious when Toussaint is the name of the hero of the Haiti slave rebellion aka the very famous name of one of the few famous and the most widely known black historical figures in the French Revolution (arguably the most important figure overall) it’s like........... 

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well thank god for that footnote

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“ Sometimes he crossed his arms and leaned on his hoe, and slowly descended the endless spirals of revery. ”

— Les Misérables, Jean Valjean In The Convent ( Illustrated By Gustave Brion, 1866 )

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lmaoo sure I guess … Victor really said

I’m crying … this reviewer from 1862 asks Victor Hugo, VIRGINITY lover, are you proud of how you depicted Marius and Cosette’s love so sensually and passionately? This book should be banned for young girls!! … what did he write that was so passionate??  

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She did get pushed up against a wall but they only kissed once before marriage… perhaps they were enraged when he wrote the line about an angel winking and hushing you on their wedding night…

I’m crying … this reviewer from 1862 asks Victor Hugo, VIRGINITY lover, are you proud of how you depicted Marius and Cosette’s love so sensually and passionately? This book should be banned for young girls!! … what did he write that was so passionate??  

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Les Misérables | Marius Crying At His Father's Grave ( Illustrated by Adriano Minardi, 1930 )

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@transfaabulous it’s french revolution he’s from an old parliament aristocrat family grieving for tha old regime

memes i would make in 1830 if i wanted to be mean to jean valjean