लेस मिजरेबल्स अध्ययन नोट्स

Victor Hugo (English name: Victor Hugo, February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885), a representative writer of the early 19th-century French positive Romanticism literature, a symbol of humanitarianism, and an outstanding bourgeois democratic writer in the history of French literature, was known as the "Shakespeare of France." Throughout his life, he wrote numerous poems, novels, plays, various essays, literary criticism, and political articles, exerting a broad influence in France and around the world.

In terms of its richness, breadth, and complexity, Les Misérables undoubtedly stands at the forefront among Victor Hugo's vast array of literary works, and even within 19th-century literature, only Balzac's magnum opus, La Comédie Humaine, can rival it. For its substantial artistic volume, perhaps only through metaphors such as vast forests and expansive oceans can one provide a general concept.

Here, throughout nearly half a century of historical process, the vast panorama of social life unfolds: provincial remote towns, seaside emerging industrial towns, dreadful courts, dark prisons, the miserable slums of Paris, somber monasteries... Each scene in this long and grand tapestry is vividly alive, with details so true to life, and the figures so strikingly clear, the colors so rich and magnificent, the momentum so grand and vast, it stands as a paragon of the combination of realism and romanticism in literary history.

This is a magnificent scroll painting. The beginning of the scroll dates back to the year of the Great Revolution in 1793 experienced by Bishop Bienvenu Myriel, and the end extends directly to the Parisian people's uprising of 1832 that Marius participated in.

Published in 1862

A touching story about love, redemption, and grace.

The theme of "Les Misérables" is the relentless struggle between humanity and evil. The human nature is inherently pure and good, and together we will move towards happiness, but this journey will be fraught with suffering. The novel interweaves the backdrop of the French revolutionary turmoil of the time and the depiction of Napoleon's Battle of Waterloo, as well as many details of French society at the time. The novel unfolds a vast panorama of social life over nearly half a century: remote provincial towns, emerging industrial coastal towns, terrifying courts, dark prisons, the miserable slums of Paris, and gloomy monasteries... The details are vivid and precise, the images striking and prominent, the colors rich and splendid, the momentum grand and vast, making it a paragon of the combination of realism and romanticism in literary history.

The protagonist of the novel, Jean Valjean, is not an abstract figure. In terms of origin, experiences, virtues, and habits, he is a laborer through and through. He embodies all the excellent qualities of the working people, representing those who are oppressed, harmed, and humiliated. His entire life and fate are imbued with a noble pathos, a pathos that carries social significance. This makes "Les Misérables" an epic of sorrow for the toiling masses struggling and fighting in a dark society.

The Thénardiers

Eponine

Cosette

Marius

Sha Wei

Fantine

Bishop Millet

Jean Valjean

a person of integrity

Sometimes, to place one's hopes is to doom them.

The silent pack searches in the dark of night.

Friends of ABC

A few pages of history

The greatness of disappointment

The war within the four walls

The final darkness, the sublime dawn.

Thought is the activity of wisdom, while fantasy is the activity of desire. To substitute fantasy for thought is akin to mistaking poison for food.

The sole difference between the logic and philosophy of revolution is that its logic can lead to conclusions of war, whereas its philosophy can achieve results of peace.

Yearn for respect when faced with humiliation.

It is known that water drops can penetrate stone, just as the human heart can be worn down. The holes drilled by the drops do not disappear, and the accumulation in the heart cannot be erased.

Night, without stars, is pitch black. In the darkness, there might be an angel standing with outstretched wings, waiting for this soul.