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coquelicoq · 1 year

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now that i've moved on to reading les misérables aloud, i'm still having the same problem i had with le comte de monte-cristo (i.e., le procureur du roi continues to dog my every step), but a new issue has arisen, viz., i'm only 60 pages in and i've already gotten so choked up with emotion that i've had to stop reading two different times. and all that's happened so far is hugo has been giving background on the guy who will eventually let jean valjean steal his candlesticks. we have not met even a single major character yet. heh heh. i'm in danger.

#today i got to '''Qu'est-ce que vous venez me demander?' 'Votre bénédiction‚' dit l'évêque. Et il s'agenouilla'' and was like #do NOT start sobbing right now is2g keep it together woman #this is level 1! we are on level 1 rn! out of like. at least 5 levels!!#you are not allowed to cry on level 1 or we will be here all fucking year. this is easy mode! it only gets worse!!!#the other time was when he got on the gallows with a prisoner who was being executed #and talked to him as he was being guillotined. jesus. that was probably at least a level 3 though so i allowed it #but i can't be making it a habit. i'm reading 20 pages a day and i can't be crying every day from this!!!#Il monta sur la charrette avec lui‚ il monta sur l'échafaud avec lui.#L'évêque l'embrassa‚ et‚ au moment où le couteau allait tomber‚ il lui dit:#<<<like no matter what he says to the guy that's a guaranteed TKO hugo. what the fuck. il monta sur le fucking échafaud avec lui!!!#au MOMENT où le couteau allait tomber jesus FUCKING christ dude #and the way he's wearing all his ecclesiastical vestments and the crowd is seeing him embrace this condemned man #holy shit #it is so hard to read hugo because on the one hand i resent my emotions being manipulated but on the other hand #he embellishes and dramatizes but the dude is just writing about the kind of shit that was actually happening #people were condemned to death! people are still condemned to death!#idk if a bishop ever got up on the gallows with a guy about to be guillotined and talked him through it but it's not outside the #realm of possibility. if it didn't happen it could have happened #les mis #my posts

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