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daddymax77 's review for:
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
OK, look...I know this is a classic and is worthy of that classification. 19th century opinions probably appreciated the meandering narrative and MULTIPLE diversions from the plot as welcome entertaining distractions. They definitely would have gotten their money's worth. I however, had to bear down and struggle through the asides to get back to the plot. Hugo could have used an editor for sure. This was a novel interjected with a French history textbook. There were MANY allusions to people/places/events that I'm sure meant something to 1860s France or scholars that were totally lost to me.
I do have a couple of questions for the more learned than myself: 1. What is the significance of addressing one as "you" vs. "thou"? 2. What was Hugo's obsession with the word "lugubrious"? Is it beautifully written or pronounced in the original language?
I do have a couple of questions for the more learned than myself: 1. What is the significance of addressing one as "you" vs. "thou"? 2. What was Hugo's obsession with the word "lugubrious"? Is it beautifully written or pronounced in the original language?