Victor Hugo

[the biblophile]

I've read it in Arabic too It was amazing, I enjoyed every word and the translation was amazing. I'm from Jordan, where are you from?

United States

[LitChick90]

I must agree, Les Miserables is one of my penultimate favorite books - I once read the abridged version of Hunchback without knowing it so, and was completely miffed. I wanted the unabridged version!

[the biblophile]

I have been having a hard time finding an unabridged version of hunchback. I hate abridged versions of books

[LitChick90]

I have been having a hard time finding an unabridged version of hunchback. I hate abridged versions of books

Tell me about it! The reason I knew it was abridged: my friend told me this absolutely absurd, comical scene in the book that had me in tears. I kept waiting for it to happen and it never did....

[the biblophile]

I never understood why they abridge books in the first place. Like those ridiculous Readers digest condensed books, useless things.
My local library sawed them in half to keep the real books from sliding all the way to the back of the shelf.

[EllieLieberman]

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is my favorite book! I think his writing is incredible. For a book about such darkness there's this incredible hope and love woven throughout the story.

[Galesphere]

I started reading Les Mis and got to around page 1200. It got very overwhelming to me. I'm not well versed in French history or French politics, so the little (I say little, but Hugo dedicated so many pages to them) blurps of French history made the central story take a backseat sometimes. I wish he took a Dickens approach and weaved in the history into the main story itself.

Other than that, his writing is fantastic. His morality shines through his work, and his characters are so lively and full of personality.

[mmm17]

I'm reading Victor Hugo's -Les Miserables in Arabic. Haven't finished it yet, but I have to say it's amazing!

What do you guys think of his writing?

I also like Victor Hugo. I do feel that his books, like most classics, are better savoured slowly. I liked Notre-Dame de Paris more than Les Miserables.

[flaming_quills]

A couple of people have been recommending Les Miserables but I've never gotten around to picking it up. Will definitely push it a little higher on my TBR.

[Oliver_books]

Les Miserables is one of the best books I've read! I cried like hell
My favorite author, together with J.K Rowling.

[EternalD]

Les Misérables is great but I prefer The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. It's sad to see how underrated Victor Hugo is. I put him on the list of the five greatest French writers of all time.