Special Episode 03 - Even More Film Commentary!!
We finish up the 2012 movie musical -- with watch-along commentary!!
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The Les Misérables Reading Companion
The Podcast about Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. In each episode, I will comment on a section of the book, to make it a bit less daunting, and hopefully help you enjoy it a bit more. I am a p...
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20 of 134 episodesSpecial Episode 02 - More Film Commentary!!
We tackle the middle section of the 2012 movie musical. Watch along!
Ep60 - So what is Les Misérables about?
We end this series by stepping back and thinking about this journey as a whole.
Episode 60 extras
Here's some more information about Victor Hugo's Poor Children's Dinners . Now that we're "done" (we'll never be done) with Les Misérables ,...
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Ep59 - V,9,v-vi - Endings
Even the darkest night will end.....
Episode 59 extras
Here's what the last page of the manuscript looks like: ( source ) You can see here that Hugo originally had a different epitaph, which he c...
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Ep58 - V,9,iv - Change and Changers
The more some people change, the more they stay the same.
Episode 58 extras
In addition to writing, Hugo could do other things with ink-- here are some of his drawings , along with a bit of discussion of them.
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Ep57 - V,8,i - V,9,iii - Decline
In which I offer explanation, but not comfort, at this sad turn of events.
Episod 57 extras
Today, too, there's nothing in particular outside the text to send you to for further exploration. I think it's interesting that this starts...
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Ep56 - V,7 - Ash Wednesday
A day of confession and penance, deserved or not.
Episode 56 extras
No particular extras for this, but, if you watched the recent adaptation of Les Misérables on the BBC/PBS, you might be entertained to look...
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Programming Note, June 18, 2019
More delays, more excuses. But I hope it will be worth it.
Ep55 - V,6 - Grief, Joy, and Masks
Celebration, anguish, and how this all comes together at Mardi Gras.
Episode 55 extras
Here's Juliette Drouet... ...in 1832: ...and in 1883: For more information about her -- and there's lots more that I didn't have time to inc...
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Ep54 - V,5 - Who are these people?
Our characters are suddenly unrecognizable -- or are they?
Ep54 - V,5 - Who are these people?
Our characters are suddenly unrecognizable -- or are they?
Episode 54 extras
Just one extra tidbit today: the promised information about the corbeille de noces , or corbeille de mariage .
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Ep53 - V,4 - Derailed
Javert joins the last group in the world that he wanted to join.
Episode 53 extras
I've added the location of Javert's reflection and his final moments to our Google map , in the Part V layer. For those who are interested,...
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