Today I received this novel in the mail. This will be my first time of reading Les Miserables and I am embracing myself for all waves of emotions.
I am hoping to have this book read by Christmas as it is in Australian cinemas on boxing day 2012.
The Amble side online forum have a thread going for all that are reading this novel right now.
I'm interested to know if you have read this, what your thoughts are, did you like it?
Would you like to join me in reading it again or for the first time like me?
I would love to discuss Hugo's epic novel here on my blog too with anybody else willing to take the plunge at this time of the year.
Whaddya say?
Here is a little trivia - Les Mis contains one of the longest sentence ever written with 823 words (in French) giving the reader an description of King Louis Philippe, see if you can find it!! However it isn't the longest sentence ever written as has been reported!! That is 847 words long:))
ReplyDeleteI read it when I was around 15 or 16 because my brother had just read it and I had the attitude, if he could read it, so could I. I found it sad, so sad:(( but beautiful never the less. Its the sort of book that you need to read slowly and it can get heavy in parts, but it really is full of action. My son and I watched a French version of the book some years ago (it was shown on SBS on Sunday evenings). Each episode when for 1 hour and I think it ran for 8-10 episodes. Hearing it in French made it more authentic and accurate to the book - even then it didn't cover everything in the book, it was pretty close. I see that this version is based on musical, it does look gritty and beautifully done - will be interesting to see what its like. I think it will give the essences of the book but as you will find when reading the book, there is so much more to Jean Valjean than can be placed in a movie/musical.
When I had finished it I wanted to call any daughter I had Cosette and any son Marius!!
Having read it once, I won't be joining you in reading it again, but I do look forward to reading your comments on it.
Hi Jo, very interesting facts, thank you! :D
DeletePS - just checked, this is the version I watched and went for 6 hours. It is considered one of the best as its true to the book.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_%282000_TV_miniseries%29
Hi Sarah, my daughter is reading Les Mis at the moment. She is loving it. I have not read it, so maybe I will join you! I read the comments by Joluise and found that piece of trivia fascinating! Chloe and I are are both looking forward to the movie coming out, and I'm now thinking I really SHOULD read the book first!! :)
ReplyDeleteYES, do read the book! I'm off to a slow start.
DeleteI have never read Les Mis, but recently was able to see the Broadway production of it in Seattle. It was AMAZING!!!!!!!! I wept and wept, it was SO powerful. Enjoy your read.
ReplyDeleteHi Mindy, what an incredible experience, lovely to hear from you. :)
DeleteSarah, I've not read this book. What a great idea to read it before the movie comes out! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteP.s. been thinking about you and how you asked about "old bobs birds" sometime ago. Did you end up getting a copy? Would you like to borrow mine if you haven't?
ReplyDeleteHi Rosemary, I am yet to buy a copy, I am not sure it I will, we have a lot of books on the go. Thank you for your offer, but I won't at this stage. Nice to hear from you. ;)
DeleteNo worries Sarah:)
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