![]() ![]() The pitiful Jean Valjean’s clothes are torn, bloodied and covered in thick layers of mud when he commits the act, but no sympathy is forthcoming. Perhaps one of the most heart-rending scenes of the novel, highlighting in harsh neon technicolor the divide between the privileged and the poor, is the one where a desperate and destitute man is sentenced to years of hard labour in jail merely for daring to snatch a loaf of bread to feed his sister’s starving children. The stories to be uncovered promise to reveal an unsettling truth about 19th-century life in the city – and they’re certainly not to be missed. ![]() On the 135th anniversary of Victor Hugo’s death, Chloe Govan heads to Paris to relive the life-changing experiences that shaped one of the world’s most famous novels, Les Misérablesįor those Francophiles who have seen or read Les Misérables, exploring author Victor Hugo’s former haunts in Paris might be the next logical step. ![]()
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