| "Some Translations of Les Miserables" | It is surely an understatement to call Les Miserables a sprawling epic |
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| In fact, it is perhaps the loosest, baggiest monster of all those great 19th century novels | Hyslop, Lois Bee October 1976 |
Radio Programs Scheduled for this Week, , 25 July 1937• A 2013 Japanese adaptation by Takahiro Arai, to be published in 's magazine from September 2013.
| Yes, Hugo could be sentimental and verbose, didactic and pedantic | Called "the most memorable film version," it was filmed in East Germany and was overtly political |
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| And what is the main narrative? He has a healthy ego, and is perpetually eager to pontificate on subjects as diverse as the battle of Waterloo, monastic history, the jet jewelry industry, the development of the argot and the sewer system of Paris | Although his fate was very strange, he lived |
In fact, it is perhaps the loosest, baggiest monster of all those great 19th century novels.
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