Never shy of a challenge I have bitten off a chunk of French literature and begun Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. So far, despite it being very discursive and vague (imagine Thackery with a french accent and twice as many words) it is really rather good and the good stuff is just beginning - Fantine has been abandoned, Jean Valjean's soul claimed for God, etc. When I put the book by the bedside last night and switched out the light Fantine had just come across the Thenadier's inn and been fooled by the apparrent domesticity. A quick listen to the soundtrack of the musical tells me this is not a good idea. Don't leave Cosette there, for Pete's sake!
Friday, 5 December 2008
Les Miserables
Never shy of a challenge I have bitten off a chunk of French literature and begun Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. So far, despite it being very discursive and vague (imagine Thackery with a french accent and twice as many words) it is really rather good and the good stuff is just beginning - Fantine has been abandoned, Jean Valjean's soul claimed for God, etc. When I put the book by the bedside last night and switched out the light Fantine had just come across the Thenadier's inn and been fooled by the apparrent domesticity. A quick listen to the soundtrack of the musical tells me this is not a good idea. Don't leave Cosette there, for Pete's sake!
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