#les mis history

[bonesashesglass]

Palestine mention in Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo, 1887

Israel will never be able to erase Palestine. It’s woven into our history, our stories. They say you can’t kill a revolution, you can’t erase the truth of its existence either.

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

June 5th, 1832: The June Rebellion (Insurrection républicaine à Paris en juin 1832) begins. For two days, anti-monarchists fought the National Guards. While the Rebellion was ultimately crushed, it was an important event leading up to the establishment of French democracy. It was immortalized by Victor Hugo in Les Misérables, (1862)

[its-kapi-wara]

I was "today-years old" when discovered that Les Misérables was adapted into a Brazilian soap opera in 1967. Not only that, but it was also the FIRST soap opera to premiere on that television channel - the channel having been inaugurated on May 13, 1967, the same day that the 1st chapter premiered.

To my surprise, the cast of the soap opera had actors who are quite prestigious in Brazil today, I'm serious about this, the actress who played Fantine must have more than fifty credits to her name - and that's just in other soap operas - she has also participated in films, plays and even voice acting (she voiced Betty Rumble in The Simpsons, from 1963 to 1966)

The sad part is that it's very unlikely that I'll be able to find much information about this adaptation. I mean, it was the 60s, televisions were new, and basically luxury items...

So...is someone going to do a remake at some point, or am I going to have to become writer, director, and producer and do the whole thing myself?

Not-so-funny historical fact: At the time this soap opera was on air (May 13, 1967 – August 25, 1967), Brazil was going through a period of military dictatorship, which would only end in 1985. It was a very difficult period in the country's history, in addition to the persecution of those who opposed it, there was also a lot of censorship in films, music and other types of media.

It was during this period that some Student Movements emerged. As the name suggests, they're composed mainly of college students. They protested, held marches, distributed pamphlets and fought against the situation in which the country found itself. Many were persecuted, tortured and killed (as were the families of some of them)

[black-rabbit-razumikhin]

"You don't believe in anything."

"I believe in you."

Sure, fine, yeah that's a normal piece of dialogue to read, absolutely full of unrequited pining and tragic affection and I'm completely unphased by all of it yup definitely

[syrupsyche]

Combeferre, Joly, and misc. Les Mis characters as modern AU teachers! From my gift fic to River:

What heist is Combeferre and Joly scheming? Why do exR look so sickeningly in love? And what has made Javert so annoyed? Find out more in the fic!! 😈😈

(heads up that everyone but Combeferre and Joly have MAYBE 1-2 spoken lines. The focus is on FerreJoly friendship, after all 💗)

[creektree]

y’all know what’s a little crazy? the fact that in fandoms, especially those, which are based on books, podcasts etc. where you don’t know how the characters look, most of the fanart looks p much the same. like ofc there are differences but with major things there’s p strong consensus within the fandom. i find that kinda crazy but really fascinating.

same thing with fanfiction. people just decide what kind of traits do these fictional characters have and everybody just agrees? like i love it but it is kinda weird but also really fascinating.

[motions1ckn3ss]

realising i could technically write about saint sebastian in my dissertation in relation to enjolras if i spun it in the right way after traversing the depths of wikipedia last night and finding this

[lesmisscraper]

The Day when Valjean and Cosette saw the convicts was probably the 15th October, 1831.

In the Brick, there were only the month and the year of the day when Cosette and Valjean saw the chained convicts in a row(October of 1831) but I found out the interesting fact.

According to the French Wikipedia, there was a mention that on the 16th of October in 1831, Louis Philippe moved out of the Palais-Royal and moved in Palais des Tuileries. And, in the Brick, on the next day of that 'tragic' day, there was some official solemnity apropos like fetes in Paris, a review in the Champ de Mars, jousts on the Seine, theatrical performances in the Champs-Elysees, fireworks at the Arc de l'Etoile. And you probably know what does this mean; to celebrate the king moving to new palace, the events would follow.

So, the day when Valjean wore the National Guards uniform and joined the festival with Cosette(And the day when Marius saw him in uniform.) was the 16th of the October, and the day they saw the convicts would be the 15th October, 1831. And, have you any other ideas about this or the actual recording of those events?

[crispycreambacon]

I love how he's just there. He's peeking. He's peek-a-booing. He's looking over his father's shoulder staring at Ryan going "Beef Boy are you paying attention... Are you listening... This may come up in your pop quiz Beef Boy are you paying attention"

[hecksee]

im learning i have an intense fondness for historical gays. modern gays are good, but theres just Something about historical queers that hit my brain. bonus points if they're from the 17th-19th century.

[marbleluvrofliberty]

i can’t believe inspector javert pioneered being a furry

[ladymoonstardust]

My dad and I were shopping and my brain short circuited he asked me ‘What’s that energy drink that’s name starts with ‘R’”

And i confidently blurted out ‘Republic’

[killingalive]

about leaving a legacy

beyond the halls: an insider's guide to loving museums - mackenzie finklea // fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury // drink with me - les misérables // the world was wide enough - hamilton: an american musical // they both die at the end - adam silvera // long live - taylor swift

[secretmellowblog]

For @lesmisletters readers not aware: the thing Hugo’s talking about in the “Few Pages of History” section is the Revolution of 1830, a revolution that happened two years before the June Rebellion of 1832 (the one that’s the focus of Les Mis.)

Basically what happened in 1830 was this:

— Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and kings were restored to the throne: the ancient pre revolution monarchy, the house of the Bourbons.

The first restored king was Louis XVIII, who was ultimately more willing to make concessions to the gains of the revolution: he wasn’t trying to bring back the “pre revolution” monarchy, he was willing to accept the monarchy had to make compromises to survive.

Then Louis XVIII died, and Charles X took the throne.

Charles X was a lot more Ultraroyalist, a lot less willing to compromise. He took a lot of measures to try to claw back the “concessions” the monarchy had been forced to grant to the French Revolution. It was like he was trying to bring back pre-revolution absolute monarchy.

This is what Hugo is talking about here, when he’s talking about why the Bourbons got kicked off the throne:

One morning [the monarchy] drew itself up before the face of France, and, elevating its voice, it contested the collective title and the individual right of the nation to sovereignty, of the citizen to liberty. In other words, it denied to the nation that which made it a nation, and to the citizen that which made him a citizen.

This is the foundation of those famous acts which are called the ordinances of July.

The people of France were not happy about this. Following the monarchy’s nonsense, the Revolution of July happened, and basically the House of Bourbon got kicked out of power.

But instead of being replaced with a Democratic republic…. a series of Political Shenanigans happened and they instead got replaced by another king, Louis Philippe d’Orleans.

Louis Philippe was less conservative and more progressive, far more willing to compromise with leftists. but only like, by the standards of kings. There’s only so far you can go while still being a Monarch XD.

Anyway, this is the political context that Les Amis exist in— trying to boot Louis Philippe and get a democratic republic For Real This Time!

And this section is about Hugo explaining his own thoughts on these revolutions and on the failures of constitutional monarchies.

[syrupsyche]

:O What does teacher au Bahorel do?

HI EMILE!!! Here is teacher!Bahorel!

Made him a history teacher because could you IMAGINE him in a History department meeting with Enjolras and Javert?? (And Feuilly, but we haven't talked about teacher!Feuilly publicly on Tumblr yet 🫣)

[thisweekinfandomhistory]

And I can hear them now! This week, Emily and V pre-emptively apologize for their French accents and inability to pronounce "Enjolras" as we look at the Les Mis fandom holiday of Barricade Day. While the real event was an unmitigated tragedy, and it was also an unmitigated tragedy in the book, musical, and movie adaptations, Barricade Day is a wholesome fandom holiday for Les Mis fans to gather and write, draw, sing, and hope for a happier ending for their beloved Amis de l'ABCs. We love it. This is also a very silly and loosey-goosey episode to make up for the total bummer of last week. It is not... misérable, one might say.

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