August 2017: Les Misérables

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Hi Friends :)

Welcome back for another book of the month. 
This month, I've chosen one of my favorite book of all time (apart from Harry Potter): les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Because this is my "beach read". And you, what's yours?

Synopsis: (by Lee Fahnestock)

Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean - the noble peasant, imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread - Les Misérables ranks among the greatest novel of all time. In it, Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, immerses them in a battle between good and evil, and carries them to the barricades during the uprising of 1832 with the breathtaking realism that is unsurpassed in modern prose.


My opinion:

I've read this book for the first time, if I remember right, in middle school. This changed my life. This is more than a story. It's history. History of my country, France. Even though those characters didn't exist in real life, the situation,the facts are real. Poverty, depravity but also courage and bravery of some. It all happened. The June Rebellion is real. Victor Hugo was there and saw it with his own eyes. And this novel shows what happened between the year of Napoleon Bonaparte's final defeat and climaxes with the battles of June Rebellion. 

 What I like the most about this book is that there are so many characters but there are all related to another, one way or another.
The fact that those who were unfortunate before can be happy and those who were rich or fortunate can loose everything proves that there can be a justice in this world. Nothing is given to you just by charity. You want it, you'll have to fight for it. If you don't, then someday, someone will come and take everything away from you.
That's what I like the most about this book: the sense of justice in this world.

"Within his dramatic story are themes that capture the intellect and the emotions: crime and punishment, the relentless persecution of Valjean by Inspector Javert, the desperation of the prostitute Fantine, the amorality of the rogue Thénardier, and the universal desire to escape the prisons of our own minds. Les Misérables gave Victor Hugo a canvas upon which he portrayed his criticism of the French political and judicial systems, but the portrait resulted is larger than life, epic, in scope - an extravagant spectacle that dazzles the senses even as it touches the heart." - Chris Bohjalian


That's it for this month guys. See you in September for a Back to School book ;)


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