C'est un tel classique qu'on a toujours l'impression de l'avoir d茅j脿 lu... ou vu听: avec Michel Bouquet dans le r么le de Javert, ou bien Depardieu. Relire donc Les Mis茅rables, publi茅 par Victor Hugo en 1862, offre le plaisir de la reconnaissance et du recommencement. Toujours on sera emport茅 par la tension romanesque du livre, ses figures inoubliables, ses langues multiples -听n'oublions pas que Hugo est le premier 脿 introduire l'argot et la langue populaire dans le fran莽ais 茅crit听-, ses histoires et son temps. De la r茅cidive malheureuse de Jean Valjean, frais lib茅r茅 du bagne, 脿 sa progressive r茅demption, de l'enfance d茅sastreuse de Cosette 脿 son idylle avec Marius, de la figure sacrificielle de Fantine aux personnages sinistres de Th茅nardier et de Javert, le roman propose une belle le莽on d'humanit茅 vivante. "Je viens d茅truire la fatalit茅 humaine, 茅crit Hugo, je condamne l'esclavage, je chasse la mis猫re, j'enseigne l'ignorance, je traite la maladie, j'茅claire la nuit, je hais la haine. Voil脿 ce que je suis et voil脿 pourquoi j'ai fait Les Mis茅rables." 脌 lire 脿 loisir, en trois volumes听: I, II et III. --C茅line Darner
After Napoleon III seized power in 1851, French writer Victor Marie Hugo went into exile and in 1870 returned to France; his novels include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Mis茅rables (1862).
This poet, playwright, novelist, dramatist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, and perhaps the most influential, important exponent of the Romantic movement in France, campaigned for human rights. People in France regard him as one of greatest poets of that country and know him better abroad.
Fascinanta carte, dar las autorul sa o descrie, el cu siguranta poate sa o faca mai bine decat mine. " Vai, o repet, mizeria e treaba noastra, a tuturor...De cand istoria scrie si filozofia mediteaza, mizeria e vesmantul neamului omenesc. A venit momentul sa smulgem zdreanta asta groaznica a trecutului si sa invelim madularele goale ale Omului-Popor in haina de purpura a aurorei" " Uite cum se prosteste omul! Asta fiindca uitam pe bunul Dumnezeu. Bunul Dumnezeu zice: 'Te crezi parasit prostanacule? Nu, nu asta nu are sa se intample." Exista speranta, exista speranta si pentru cei mizerabili! vitae lampada tradunt
Even though Jean Valjean makes such a minimal appearance in this book, this volume was still so good. I was impressed multiple times by Victor Hugo's ability to write so poetically in prose. There were some pages and some paragraphs that really left me with a "wow" feeling, of having just read a piece of beautiful oeuvre.
The character developments and plot twists between the many different subplots continue to be very satisfying and delightful. I think I have found my new favourite French author, actually.
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Noteworthy passages:
掳 Book Three, Chapter Four: the narration of Colonel Pontmercy's death, all alone. Voici the dry, simple, and heart-wrenching line, given the context: "On avait appel茅 le m茅decin et le cur茅. Le m茅decin 茅tait arriv茅 trop tard, le cur茅 茅tait arriv茅 trop tard. Le fils aussi 茅tait arriv茅 trop tard."
掳 Book Five, Chapter One: an account of Marius' descent into misery, and how firm and rare natures are sometimes born out of poverty and misery; "la mis猫re, presque toujours mar芒tre, est quelquefois m猫re; le d茅n没ment enfante la puissance d'芒me et d'esprit ; la d茅tresse est nourrice de la fiert茅 ; le malheur est un bon lait pour les magnanimes."
On dignity and the refusal to go into debt: "Il se disait m锚me qu'un cr茅ancier est pire qu'un ma卯tre ; car un ma卯tre ne poss猫de que votre personne, un cr茅ancier poss猫de votre dignit茅 et peut la souffleter."
On misery: "C'est qu'en effet qui n'a vu que la mis猫re de l'homme n'a rien vu, il faut voir la mis猫re de la femme ; qui n'a vu que la mis猫re de la femme n'a rien vu, il faut voir la mis猫re de l'enfant."
"Ne pas voir les gens, cela permet de leur supposer toutes les perfections."
脦n sf芒r葯it听am terminat aceast膬 capodoper膬.听 Citind acest roman, parc膬 nu aveam r膬bdare s膬 ajung la final, iar acum, c芒nd am 卯ntors ultima fil膬 simt c膬 m-am desp膬r葲it de un prieten bun 葯i 卯nc膬 mult膬 vreme o s膬 卯mi amintesc de aceast膬 carte frumoas膬! Romanul ,,Mizerabilii" este vast, povestea impresionant膬, personajele foarte multe 艧i foarte bine realizate 鈥� 卯ntr-un cuv芒nt, o capodoper膬. Dar nu este doar cea mai bun膬 oper膬 a lui Victor Hugo, este 艧i una dintre capodoperele umanit膬牛ii. Aceast膬 carte m-a trecut prin toate emo葲iile posibile, am tr膬it al膬turi de personaje clipe de dezn膬dejde, durere, dar 葯i clipe de fericire, bucurie 葯i 卯mplinire. Aceasta carte este despre un om (Jean Valjean) curajos, ce a 葯tiut mereu s膬听 se sacrifice 卯n folosul altora, despre bun膬tate, despre generozitate, despre iubire, este despre tineri vis膬tori 葯i ideali葯ti care au luptat pentru drepturi 葯i libert膬葲i, despre s膬r膬cie 葯i mizerie, 卯n sf芒r葯it aceast膬 carte este despre via葲膬.
鈥淣u toate menirile sunt drepte, nu se desf膬葯oar膬 toate in linie dreapta in fata celui ursit; au opriri, stavile, cotituri ne葯tiute, raspantii nelini葯titoare, care deschid mai multe cai. Jean Valjean se oprise in clipa asta la cea mai primejdioasa raspantie a lui.鈥�
Cuvintele sunt de prisos pentru a descrie aceasta opera literar膬! L-am recitit pt. a treia oar膬 la fel de entuziasmata 葯i cu sufletul la gura pe m膬sura ce d膬deam paginile. Am ras 葯i am pl芒ns cu personajele. M-am bucurat c芒nd au luat deciziile corecte 葯i m-am 卯ntristat c芒nd unii nu au putut sa se salveze sau cand s-au ad芒ncit mai mult in noroi. E un roman care te schimba 葯i 卯葲i vorbe葯te at芒t tie c芒t 葯i personajelor, dac膬 doar stai atent 葯i 卯l asculti. Mi-e cel mai drag, deoarece in clasa a 6-a cand l-am citit pentru prima data, m-a 卯nv膬葲at ce 卯nseamn膬 sa iube葯ti cu adevarat, ce 卯nseamn膬 sa fii cu adevarat bun fata de ceilal葲i 葯i cum pot schimba deciziile tale, vie葲ile celorlal葲i.
Oh mein Gott! Okay, DAS war bisher mein Lieblingsband von Hugo! Wow. Das kann an Marius liegen, der Charakter mit dem ich bisher am meisten mitgef眉hlt habe (Ach Marius - so viele Gef眉hle!) oder an der Beschreibung der Pariser Studenten-/Rebellen- und Gaunerszene (so interessant) sowie dem Wiedersehen mit den Thenardiers und den sich dramatisch zuspitzenden Konflikten, Liebesirrungen und Wirrungen! Au脽erdem hat Eponine mein Herz erobert, ich hatte wirklich unerwartet viele Gef眉hle f眉r sie ... so eine tragische Gestalt. 贸貌 Der einzige von dem ich mir mehr gew眉nscht h盲tte, ist Enjolras, aber ich denke, der taucht im n盲chsten Band sicher noch mehr auf. Ich bin so gespannt wie es weitergeht.
This story is about a class of destitute kids who live on the streets of Paris and how they kind of represent everything that's wrong, and everything that's wonderful, about the city.
These kids come from horrible backgrounds and broken families, none the less they are pretty happy. Because they are so young (between the ages of 7-14) people go easier on them when they do something wrong. Even the police sometimes keep an eye on them to make sure they're safe. The kids are pretty much left to explore their city and do what they want.
They are free...at least for a couple of years. Then they usually end up in the prison system.
Towards the end, we're introduced to one of these gamin, and we learn about his family life. He's not an orphan, but his parents are so totally indifferent to him that they just stopped providing for him until he ran away. (He still even goes to visit them when he's bored, which is just sad to me.)
"The Great Bourgeois"
This one is about the life of this legendary old womanizer guy and his family.
It's not that exciting, its basically a build up to introduce this guy's grandson: Marius. It kind of lets us know the kind of family this kid came from.
So basically Marius has got a horny grandpa, a prudish aunt, and various illegitimate uncles and aunts (some of whom are quite a bit younger than he is himself). His mom was, apparently, pretty normal but she died early. And his dad? We don't know much about him except he was at the battle of waterloo...and Grandpa doesn't get along with him (hm...).
Family drama...
"The Grandfather and the Grandson"
This one is about Marius' coming of age and realizing that the people who raised you aren't right all of the time. As a young kid he was taken away from his dad and raised by his grandfather because his dad and grandpa didn't agree politically. He just believed everything his grandpa told him: including "your dad is a loser and doesn't care about you" and "Bonaparte is totes evil"
But it's a lie...
(We've met his dad briefly in the Waterloo; in that intense scene where his seemingly lifeless body was pulled out of 'The Hollow Road' booby-trap by Thenardier.)
Unfortunately, Marius doesn't find out the real story until after his dad's death. He actually starts reading history books and not just listening to what his grandpa's been telling him and he kind of has this "my life is a lie" vibe. He falls in love with his dad (Victor Hugo is king of the passionate platonic type love), but because he can't have a relationship with him, he directs all of his feelings towards supporting his dad's political views.
"The Friends of the ABC"
This book is about how Marius fell in, and out again, with a group of social justice advocates.
They're a really a colorful group of people. The way these people are described kind of reminds me of Peter Pan. Like, Peter is a jerk kid...but because JM Barrie loves him so much he tells us all the things about him that make him a precious little boy and then we start to love him to.
The one he still hasn't convinced me on is Marius. Like I think he's supposed to be the "every-man" in this story, but so far it's hard for me to root for him. (He only supports Bonapartesque regime because Napoleon made his dad a Baron imho....).
He doesn't really have any opinion on anything other than what other people have told him; and he's prideful in the same way Jean and Fantine were (this does not bode well...). It looks like he's the main protagonist for this volume, bleh...
"The Excellence of Misfortune"
This one was actually pretty funny. Marius is probably better off living by his own initiative, even if it means living in poverty, because he's such an airhead he really wouldn't be motivated to make something of his life if every thing had been handed to him. (So thanks, Aunt Gillenormand...but no thanks...)
Marius has been unsettled by the opinions of the Friends of the ABC but instead of changing his opinions, he decides to have no opinions at all...only sympathies. I think there are a lot of benefits to this, but he's never going to be the force of nature like Jean and Javert are.
An undercurrent to this story is that even though they are fighting and don't agree, his grandpa and aunt really do still care about him a lot. The last chapter, where his grandpa reads about a student protest...and just assumes his grandson is going to be there and then just projects all of his feelings in a little tirade with his nephew Theodule...that was kind of cute.
"The Conjunction of Two Stars"
Marius does everything in his power to find out more about his crush (except introduce himself...lets not get crazy here!). Marius and his friends even come up with fake names and backstories for her and her dad. He ends up creeping out the girl and her dad so bad that they move.
"Patron Minette"
This one is about a small gang of ruffians, the most notable of whom is named Montparnasse. These guys are presented as, like, the lowest depths of humanity. However, Victor still thinks that they're victims of their own ignorance...which ultimately makes society at fault for their crimes for not educating them.
(I think this is a bit overkill, Victor. We get it...society=bad, people=stupid.)
"The Wicked Poor Man"
Marius starts to befriend his neighbors, the Jondrettes, and finds documents that incriminate them in a fraud scheme and DOESN'T turn this information over to the police until his crush and her dad are taken in by the scheme.
His crush's dad gets taken hostage by the Jondrettes and Montparnasse's gang and they interrogate him. M. Jondrette tells his sob-story and Marius realizes that this horrible person is the same guy who saved his Dad's life on the battle field. Marius decides to NOT signal the police, but fortunately Inspector Javert's not a complete moron and didn't count on the signal anyway...
The best part about this book was seeing my favorite characters through a fresh set of eyes. Sometimes it was annoying, ("OK, Marius. I get she's cute...but could you please pay a bit more attention to her dad? I wanna see what he's up to!") but it also brought attention to how larger than life these three guys are. Marius is uber impressed with Javert because he's scary/intimidating, but he also inspires bravery in other people. He watches his crush's dad keep his cool all through Jondrette's intense soliliquy interrogation, and then make his escape while the police lockdown the apartment (sneaky guy!).
Conclusion:
I think that Marius is probably the most realistic character in this book, and its probably for that reason that I just don't believe in him.
Every other character is an individual in characature: Marius is "the real". No animal analogies, no moralizing. Marius is intellectual, but thoughtless. Passionate, but passive and indecisive. M. Hugo paints him with a complexity he denies his other characters despite the fact that his motivations and drives are actually quite simple.
I feel that if Marius' story was told independently...if he didn't exist in the world of Thenardier, Valjean, Javert, Cosette...he would be a really likable and endearing guy. But stylistically he just doesn't fit in their world. It really takes you out of the story, and its a lot harder to suspend your disbelief when he's around.
My favorite parts of this volume where when Marius is not around, or at least when his perspective is not the focus of the story: Gavroche, Marius' grandpa, the ABC gang, and (finally) seeing our familiar characters again. That was a breath of fresh air.
Me parece demasiado po茅tica la prosa de V铆ctor Hugo, esta parte del libro ver todo de forma lejana como Marius me ha parecido interesante y la introducci贸n de este personaje me parece fenomenal, me ha tomado mucho tiempo continuar con Los miserables pero vale la pena cada palabra le铆da, si acaso lo lejana que me ha parecido toda la trama de esta parte en cuanto a Jean Valjean y Javert es lo que me hace restarle una estrella
Particuli猫rement long sur des chapitres de description historique qui n'ajoutent rien 脿 la trame du roman, pr茅sentation de certains personnages qui disparaissent assez vite sans suite. J'ai trouv茅 ce volume un peu plus faible que les pr茅c茅dents, plusieurs chapitres sont 脿 lire en diagonale.
脦n sufletul lui se ivise ceva nou 葯i nea葯teptat, cu totul deosebit de litera legii, singura lui m膬sur膬 de p芒n膬 atunci. S膬 r膬m芒n膬 cinstit, cu cinstea de p芒n膬 atunci, nu mai era de ajuns. Un 葯ir 卯ntreg de 卯nt芒mpl膬ri nea葯teptate se iviser膬 deodat膬 葯i puseser膬 st膬p芒nire pe el. O lume cu totul nou膬 ap膬rea 卯n fa葲a sufletului lui; binefacerea primit膬 葯i r膬spl膬tit膬, devotamentul, comp膬timirea, 卯ng膬duin葲a, lupta 卯ntre mil膬 葯i str膬葯nicie, pre葲uirea omului, nici o condamnare definitiv膬, nici o os芒nd膬 ve葯nic膬, ivirea unei lacrimi 卯n ochii legii, un fel de justi葲ie a lui Dumnezeu, care merge 卯mpotriva justi葲iei oamenilor. Z膬rea 卯n 卯ntuneric 卯nsp膬im芒nt膬torul r膬s膬rit al unui soare moral, necunoscut. Soarele acesta 卯l 卯ngrozea 葯i 卯l orbea. Vr芒nd-nevr芒nd, recuno葯tea c膬 exist膬 卯n lume bun膬tate. [Victor Hugo]
Mucho m谩s centrado en la narraci贸n de las aventuras y desventuras de Marius, Cosette y Valjean. Tambi茅n conocemos a Gavroche, otra v铆ctima de los infames Th茅nardier. Me ha divertido el retrato del abuelo de Marius y emocionado el final de su padre, el general bonapartista, as铆 como el crecimiento y evoluci贸n de su personaje, idealista, honrado, orgulloso y apasionado. Acertad铆sima la descripci贸n del efecto del flechazo en Marius.
Am citit-o 卯n adolescen葲膬, dar nu am cum s膬 o uit. O carte emblematic膬 a literaturii universale. Cum s膬 卯l uit pe Jean Valjean? Sau pe Cosette? Sau... pe Gavroche? Sunt pove葯ti cu care trebuie s膬 iei contact de mic膬 pentru a sim葲i lumea, cum este ea de fapt, pentru a evita 鈥瀞urprizele鈥澣檌 a nu fi luat pe nepreg膬tite de via葲膬.
Auch Band 3 ist unglaublich packend geschrieben und ich bin fasziniert davon, wie dicht und konsequent Hugo die Schicksale all seiner Charaktere miteinander verwebt. Marius und seine Familie wurden so gro脽artig eingef眉hrt als w盲ren sie schon von Anfang an dabei gewesen.
M膬 卯ndoiesc c膬 demnitarii de stat au citit-o. Altfel se f膬ceau schimb膬ri 卯ndreptate spre oameni. O carte greu de citit dar care 卯葯i las膬 amprenta. Oricine are posibilitatea trebuie s膬 o citeasc膬, f膬r膬 grab膬 c膬ci cere timp.