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Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
This is a great story with well defined characters. As you follow the tale, Hugo's many digressions slow the book down, and can, at times, make it almost unbearable for the reader who's main interest is the action of the story. On the positive side of this, however is that these digressions, of wich I often had little interest, made returning to the narrative, that much more exciting. They act much like the unwanted commercials within a movie as you watch it on television. I'll admit, some of Hugo's side thoughts are worth noting, but the modern reader is likely to find more pleasure in an abridged version of the book. I would give the book 4 stars, but as a modern reader, I find I would probably have enjoyed the book more, had it had fewer and more brief instances of those digressions.