Les Misérables: Introduction

09/14/22 • 40 min

How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books

How to Eat an Elephant is back! Ian, Emily, and Megan kick off their discussion of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables with an introductory overview of the historical context of the novel and author.
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Victor Hugo: A Biography by Graham Robb
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The HEE team will be taking a couple of weeks off to rest and recover before we embark on our next elephant, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, in late summer 2022.
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Les Misérables: Book 1, Chapter 1

Our journey begins! Ian, Emily, and Megan discuss “An Upright Man.” They unpack Monseigneur Bienvenu’s character and try to determine why Hugo began his novel from such an indirect angle.
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