Starting Les Miserables

[michaelk.vaughan]

This is one of my favorite books. Wonderful video!

[martins]

I agree about the opening, it's amazing. Les Miserable is my favourite novel.

[TheVCRTimeMachine]

Myriel is my favorite character in literature. I am on my third reading of the section you describe, but have yet to read any further. I plan to finish this year

[nathanfoung]

Great review Matthew. It's convinced me that it should be my next 🦣.

[cdane]

I finished Les MIs last night. It’s my favorite book I’ve ever read. When I finished War And Peace, I thought I’ll never read a better book than this. But I loved Les Miserables more. I can’t wait to read Hugo’s other novels, which I’ve managed to piece together while reading Les Mis.

[araucaria]

Your review has talked me into giving Les Miserables a go, you've made to sound so worthwhile to read.

[MicahCummins]

“Les Miserables” is one of my all time favorite novels, Matthew! Great video and discussion.

[trawomormartwiak]

Halo Sir! I am the new fan of Your literature channel from Poland. I found Your reviews and talks by searching for good literature podcasts because I am huge good literature freak 😊So when I found Yours I was so happy because Your way of talk and present is so unique and very inteligent and wast in the metaphysical way . I love Franz Kafka and enjoyed Kafka's "Castle" review so much so I strongly recommend to You my friend two books 1. "Pornography" by Witold Gombrowicz and 2. " Cosmos" also by Witold Gombrowicz my native writer. Enjoy and take care my friend 😊 I will be happy to recommend to You more books if You would like in the future... ❤

[richardbenitez]

I’m reading Les Mis now but I start and stop with gaps in between Just because the book I think loses focus. I find I have to be super determined to read it. Now that I’ve gotten used to Hugo’s digression in story telling I have more patience.

[reaganwiles_art]

By the way, I enjoy the new perspective, I see your easel there, and the cool mint green of the walls and the three windows and the sunlight leaving its mark on the wall. Decent!

[battybibliophile-Clare]

I reread Les Miserables early this year and loved it all over again. I like three big books: War and Peace, Moby Dick and Les Miserables. I try to read on of them each year. I read a lot, bug never tire of these three. I'm sure you will have a good time reading this wonderful book.

[battybibliophile-Clare]

Victor Hugo is wonderful, I can't understand why so many of his works are not available in translation when so much of Balzac and Emile Zola is available. I thought Les Miserables really gripped me and the narrative moves along really well.

[reaganwiles_art]

I can read Tolstoy at any length his prose style being what it is, I think the greatest prose style of all time, and I have Nabokov in my corner on that one; Nabokov, who as a lad actually knew Tolstoy, Tolstoy, who owned more property than the Czar himself, Tolstoy who was a devotee of Benjamin Franklin and made a regimen for himself based in Franklin's personal itinerary for self-improvement, Tolstoy, who founded a school based on the principles, minus the god, of the New testament, Tolstoy.

[reaganwiles_art]

I just finished The Magic Mountain. Partly, because you had read it and had video series on it but primarily because it was given to me; and I had recently, again, created a little TBR of books that I have owned for years but have never read, and it was in the stack. Hence I thought that I should overcome my prejudice against Mann’s (two pages a day, no more and no less!) fastidious prose and just read the damn thing. Am I ready for another long’un? The point is moot, I have no money and I owe the library six dollars for late DVD fees.

[wburris]

I should read that translation, when I reread the novel. I read Norman Deny translation.

[Thehoratio]

Hi Matthew, great vid. I was wondering have you ever read any books by Don Delillo?

[chrisbeveridge]

read the poem As The Ruin Falls by
C S Lewis...share it with your girl...also watch Malcom Guite the best book tuber ever! Fantastic presenter...worked out yesterday in the sun and nearly passed out...it was great! I go into my 100 degree car and sit untill I'm drenched in sweat...I'm a crazy SOB! enjoy your book whatever it is...later