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Les Misérables
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One of the "biggest" book I've ever read, and I remembered Mick Foley's "warning" about a big book.
"A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it, or that it will have a happy ending. Kind of like going out with a girl, having to spend time every day with her - with absolutely no guarantee of nailing her in the end. No thanks."
Haha... Well, I took my chances reading this big book. I made my commitment, I spent my time everyday with this book ( about a month ) and what do I get?
Happiness and the joy of reading!
This book really nailed me, I have my happy ending! Woo Hooo!
Thank you very much for the "warning" Mister Foley
This book is amazing, lengthy in descriptions, compelling storyline and has influenced so many people.
Breaks my heart into pieces but somehow put it back together.
You want to be a better person after reading this book.
"He said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being."
-Jean Valjean about Cossette-
"A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it, or that it will have a happy ending. Kind of like going out with a girl, having to spend time every day with her - with absolutely no guarantee of nailing her in the end. No thanks."
Haha... Well, I took my chances reading this big book. I made my commitment, I spent my time everyday with this book ( about a month ) and what do I get?
Happiness and the joy of reading!
This book really nailed me, I have my happy ending! Woo Hooo!
Thank you very much for the "warning" Mister Foley
This book is amazing, lengthy in descriptions, compelling storyline and has influenced so many people.
Breaks my heart into pieces but somehow put it back together.
You want to be a better person after reading this book.
"He said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being."
-Jean Valjean about Cossette-
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“When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer anything but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, soar.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Cosette, do you hear? he has come to that! he asks my forgiveness! And do you know what he has done for me, Cosette? He has saved my life. He has done more--he has given you to me. And after having saved me, and after having given you to me, Cosette, what has he done with himself? He has sacrificed himself. Behold the man. And he says to me the ingrate, to me the forgetful, to me the pitiless, to me the guilty one: Thanks! Cosette, my whole life passed at the feet of this man would be too little. That barricade, that sewer, that furnace, that cesspool,--all that he traversed for me, for thee, Cosette! He carried me away through all the deaths which he put aside before me, and accepted for himself. Every courage, every virtue, every heroism, every sanctity he possesses! Cosette, that man is an angel!”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. --I shall feel it."
She dropped her head again on Marius' knees, and her eyelids closed. He thought the poor soul had departed. Eponine remained motionless. All at once, at the very moment when Marius fancied her asleep forever, she slowly opened her eyes in which appeared the sombre profundity of death, and said to him in a tone whose sweetness seemed already to proceed from another world:--
"And by the way, Monsieur Marius, I believe that I was a little bit in love with you.”
― Les Misérables
She dropped her head again on Marius' knees, and her eyelids closed. He thought the poor soul had departed. Eponine remained motionless. All at once, at the very moment when Marius fancied her asleep forever, she slowly opened her eyes in which appeared the sombre profundity of death, and said to him in a tone whose sweetness seemed already to proceed from another world:--
"And by the way, Monsieur Marius, I believe that I was a little bit in love with you.”
― Les Misérables
“He said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being."
Jean Valjean about Cossette”
― Les Misérables
Jean Valjean about Cossette”
― Les Misérables
Reading Progress
December 25, 2007
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January 1, 2008
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Finished Reading
January 30, 2008
– Shelved as:
classic
June 3, 2008
– Shelved as:
book-to-movies
February 3, 2009
– Shelved as:
all-time-favorit
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Jan 17, 2008 07:18AM
Bukunya bagus gak? Pengen beli, tapi takut terlalu susah inggrisnya. Hehe... Give me a short review please. Thanks!!!
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Dulu smpet baca versi Inggrisnya tapi malah mabok sendiri:D Aku selalu kesulitan kalo baca literatur yang diterbitkan sktr thn 1800an ampe awal 1900lah. Cuman untungnya skrng dpt terjamahannya. Hehehe...Critanya ( br baca 1/3 nya ) tentang seorang Valjean yang selalu dihantui masa lalunya. Ia berusaha untuk menjadi seorang yang baik2 tapi situasi selalu memaksanya utk jadi selalu "bad people"
Dpenjara 14 tahun gara2 nyolong roti buat keluarganya yang kelaparan trus kabur, ditolong ama seorang Bishop eh malah nyolong 'silverware' sang Bishop, ditangkep lage ntar nyolong duit lagee..
Critanya pengen insaf tapi ni orang kerjaannya bolak balik msk pnjara:D
baru segitu dulu soalnya malah dipending skrng bacanya... Lagi "nekat" baca Wuthering Heights sih..
Versi Inggrisnya.. alamat mabok lagi nih:D
Terjemhan indonesia kan?? Indonesia-nya bagus gak terjemahannya?? Haha..
"Break my heart but somehow put it back together"? Wow. That's serious, dude. Huehehehe. Jadi pengen baca nih.
Well, that's how i feel after finished this book. Hehehe...Diperlukan "ketabahan" kalo baca yang bahasa Inggris versi unabridged nya, sekitar 1400 halaman masalahnya:D
But i had the feeling that a person with such a good English like you won't have any difficulty reading this book. Hehehe
gue sebenernya suka sama komen erie di msg 2. kebayangkan betapa untuk jadi orang baik Valjean mesti berkutat dengan "dosa dan dosa" sebelum ketemu jalan. Pun sudah ketemu jalan masih ada orang yang gak rela dia dianggap orang baik. Dia lepas dari semua itu dengan satu niat, dia mau terus jalan jadi orang baik.Itu gue tonton dari filmnya yah, bukunya ntaran aja kalo sempet. hehe
setujuuuuuu...film yang versi mana? liam neeson? banyak yang menghujat film versi neeson. katanya sih terlalu "ceria" untuk ukuran buku ini. gak tau juga sih.
gw malah penasaran ama versi musikalnya.
btw, baca atuh bukuna *promosi mode on*
keren abis lah. di friendlist gw, orang indonesianya cuman dua orang yang udah baca (dikit banget). tiza ama leli, and dua-duanya ngasi bintang 5, hehehe.
gak nyesel baca buku ini
*teuteuuuuup promosi*
dua film deh, yang satu bahasa inggris, sama perancis (?). emang versi mana aja selain yang neeson. emang sih gambarannya kurang muram, tidak semuram Hugo gitu *sotoy mode on* Ini interpretasi atas dari pencahayaan, setting dan tata rias pemain di film yang versi neeson itu yah hehehe
Anyone who quotes Mick Foley is a winner in my book. Nice review!
Hahaha.. Thanks BrandenAt first I'm "terrified" when I saw the size of this book and somehow I remember Mick Foley's quote about "big book"
Yeah, It's hard to imagine that a "big book" could terrified three times WCW champions like Mick Foley
I also am intimidated by big books; I have decided to read it a chapter a day, which of course gets transformed into a commitment to stay with it, rather than an actual hard deadline. My hope is that the book will carry me away from the commitment and into the story. I appreciate your review for that reason; it has a happy ending that is hopeful for me as well. THank you.I could do without Foley nailing girl's down, but..
I'm trying to just do a chapter a day, Betsi, but it's like potato chips--I just have to keep reading. On the other hand, I've skipped a few days since I last picked it up. I thought I had read it, but now I'm not so sure I didn't mix it up with the film--
Kristin wrote: "I'm trying to just do a chapter a day, Betsi, but it's like potato chips--I just have to keep reading. On the other hand, I've skipped a few days since I last picked it up. I thought I had read i..."That's so funny; I have the same problem, but I'm trying also to write a diary of reading it in hopes of keeping my memory of it alive (so I don't think I've read it after seeing Thais' 8th grade class perform the musical as I am want to do). I did read an abridged version when I was little. I was very surprised to find that the "real" book was several times the size of the one I read (and even reread). Kind of disappointed, actually. I like the Signet translation, also.
That happened to me with Uncle Tom's Cabin--another recent choice of my book club's. I read the abridged (unbeknownst to me) version a few times as a kid at my grandmother's. So I didn't allow much time to re-read it. I was shocked to discover how lengthy the original is. Lots of Kindle bookmarks on that one!
Actually, I may have read an abridged version of that myself. Ooops. Educated families start one so young...
I think it's because we probably all had books all over the place and no TV or crappy black and white TV's--not to mention rules about how much we could watch
But I shouldn't talk, because that's more or less how it was for my kids too!
I think also that the selection for children's books was much smaller. Now, children's literature has its own department in colleges and is split into children and young adults? There's a book...can't remember the name of it, but it is re classical education and aimed at home schoolers and she argues for gradual exposure to those classics. And, in a way, I think it does make it easier to read King Lear if you already know the plot; then you can think re the language. The problem is that in this day and age there is so much in print that it is hard to sift through the possibilities to get to Uncle Tom's Cabin or Les Miserables.
There are lots of watered-down versions of classic lit I read as a kid, and it definitely made my later encounters with the real thing richer--a children's version of the Old Testament and d'Aulaire's Greek Mythology come to mind right away. I think whatever leads kids to good literature (let's face it, whatever leads them to read, period) is a good thing.
I agree that there are so many choices now and the triage process is really hard. We were also lucky--and so were our kids--to grow up in households where conversations featuring complex ideas and vocabulary were the norm.
top dah, yak.. bonus na di pangku :-"
WOW !! you really said all what i wanted to say , letterly !
Wow, you read it fast!
Indeed! I want to be Jean Valjean. Not a criminal but a new man. And I like the quote, too.
*awut-awut*Akiii...hayuk nonton pelemnya....udah ada loh....tapi cuma ada di citylink sama ciwalk
#nunggu diajakin ibutio nonton bareng juga. kali aja waktunya pas ;;)
I watch episodes of this. Cossette is so sweet! I'm on episode 6 I think! : )
interesting. Never really thought would see Mick Foley and Les Miserables mentioned in the same breath :)
Interest and suspense increases as you proceeds. your speed increases day by day of readings. At start I was at snails pace then start walking then jogging afterwards running and now galloping. It is a wonderful book on many folds. It has diverse faces which includes moral, social, history,romance(myfavorite),adventuresand politics. What else one needs. I wish at least every judge should read it.JAFAR ALI
PAKISTAN
absolutely agree!! this book is amazing! it really raises the bar!
Encouraging review.. I am enjoying still .. in certain way I am happy not to have finished yet
Read this back in 1990 and it took me about a month too. The Battle of Waterloo section was difficult to get through, but the rest was simply amazing. The heart beneath a stone,Valjean's foot on the coin, his hair turning white overnight, Marius continuously walking past Cosette in the Luxembourg Gardens. What memories! Yours is a great review. Nailed indeed!
I'm currently reading and listening to this book and is really is just amazing. I really does make you want to be a better person.
Breaks my heart into pieces but somehow put it back together
ini ngomongin buku ataaaauuuu....
Somehow I couldn't believe that a hippo wrote this review.*lalu kabur*
*trus datang lagi*
Gw kan udah baca buku ini. Edisi Wordsworth dan edisi Bentang. Kenapa ga muncul, ya? *ubek2 rak*
Hay un antes y un despues en mi vida despues de leer este libro, me di cuenta de que tipo de historias me gustan
this was seriously one of the best reviews I've read, and you nailed it so perfectly.
This book sucks complete ass.
I agree completely with how the book will break your heart, and then put it back together again. Reading such a story with one awful event happening after another, it opens your eyes. I am personally a very emotional person, so reading a book like this definitely breaks my heart. The poverty, the death, the upbringing of the children, the separation, is all awful to read. But to read about how they banded together, how they died fighting for what they knew was right, how they, in a way, did beat the system because either way, they were free, that's what put my heart back together again.
the greatest big book!
Perhaps one of the greatest books ever written.
Most people who gave this book 5-stars haven't really read it, they just watched the movie and loved it or they simply read the 300-page condensed version of it rather than the full thing. This is a pretty badly written book where the author rambles on and on about random stuff as if this is his diary, offering his random thoughts on random stuff for hundreds of pages while the story doesn't progress one bit. Reading the full version of this book is like watching a movie that is 2 hours long but takes 10 hours to watch because it comes with 8 hours of commercial breaks and you even forget what the story is about after going through so many long commercials. Also, unless you have a PhD in French history or you lived during the same period the book was written, I can guarantee you that you will miss about 90-95% of the references made in the book.
how does fantine kill herself. im in the broadway version and have just been cast as fantine
Fantine dies of an illness. She doesn’t kill herself.
Saw the movie n attracted to it . Definitely on my to read listfav song: Stars
fav person : Cosette tho my fav song from Javert
One Of the Best reviews I ever read in this fucking app
i just finished reading Little Women, so i have high hopes for this book
