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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Why place the encomium to the Parisian working class in the midst of a Sunday idyll (1.3.5.112)?

Posted by Hugh.2 at 4:17 PM 2 comments:
Labels: Hugo, Les Miserables

Why does Jean think of himself as "worthy of envy" after he reveals himself to the court (1.7.11.235)?

Posted by Hugh.2 at 4:13 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Hugo, Les Miserables

Why wouldn't Jean tell Cosette her mother's name, until the very end?

Posted by Hugh.2 at 4:12 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Hugo, Les Miserables

Why the digression on the barricades of 1848 (5.1.1.961-6)?

Posted by Hugh.2 at 4:10 PM 2 comments:
Labels: Hugo, Les Miserables

How does Jean give up hating/envying Marius?

Posted by Hugh.2 at 4:09 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Hugo, Les Miserables

Can we believe, as Hugo does, in a distinction between "unjust war & just war" (4.13.3.925-6), and that just wars "build peace?'

Posted by Hugh.2 at 4:01 PM No comments:
Labels: Hugo, Les Miserables
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