#Rue Plumet

[lesmisscraper]

Jean Valjean's Last Wish, and the Knock at the Door. Volume 5, Book 9, Chapter 3.

Clips from <Il cuore di Cosette>.

[ruedesfillesducalvaire]

oh so the Rue Plumet I've been referencing on Google Maps this whole time is an IMPOSTOR!!! Paris, tu me déranges...

(translations of the screenshots are in the image alt descriptions)

can y'all stop changing the name of this damn road smh

they're not that far apart so I guess it doesn't matter for my purpose (this being Eposette fic, which, btw, now has a second chapter 💕) but honestly...

(btw I discovered this when I was trying to figure out approximately how long the secret path to Rue Babylone would be and Google Maps said TWO KILOMETRES and I said WELL THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT)

[cliozaur]

I was about to ask some of you, fellow citizens, about the map of Les Misérables locations in Paris, and then I realized I can google it. Someone from our fandom has actually created one! It's wonderful to compare your mental map with an actual map.

It turns out that it's a very long way from Rue Plumet to the barricade near the Corinthe!

If anyone is interested, here it is: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1jtr0eeR6t7ycYOG1aSEeksyAyro&hl=en_US&ll=48.862480999999995%2C2.347807000000013&z=14

And another one, with more sites: https://lesmiserables.mla.hcommons.org/

[dolphin1812]

I love the Romanticism in this chapter, starting with "what a pretty garden" and ending with "the Infinite is in that garden because it's everywhere." That being said, the specifics mentioned about this garden are worth discussing. The Romanticism is a point on its own, really. It's attractive to "dreamers," likely because it's a triumph of Nature/God/the Infinite over "Man." There are still man-made structures in the garden, but they're overgrown and overshadowed, either formless, hidden, or rotting. In spite of the rot, though, the overall description in the first paragraph is a beautiful one because of the majesty of nature:

"Nothing in this garden impeded the sacred efforts of things toward life, and growth was at home there and held high holiday."

The human influence implied by "garden" may be gone, but that's the appeal. The garden is "holy," designed by God and not people. It's also unified, with words like "wedded" and "fraternity" describing it. Overall, then, it seems like a lovely place . . .

Until night falls or winter comes, bringing "melancholy" or "poison." There's a sinister undercurrent to the garden then, although it's still a natural one. Just as nature can be wild and threatening, so can this garden.

Nature, though, is not the most ominous aspect of this garden; the railing is:

"and the old rusty railings had an air of saying, "This garden is mine.""

The railings may be weak, rusty, and barely visible, but they're still there. The garden's isolation from the outside world (Paris) is a blessing in some ways, with its natural beauty not being the most common in a cityscape, but it's also caged in by those rails. And in a novel concerned with the evil of prisons, anything trapping "God's creations" isn't a good sign. The Rue Plumet house is beautiful, and its garden even more so. But its loveliness isn't uncomplicated, either, with the promise of life and freedom that its naturalness brings still bound by the railings around it.

[lesmisscraper]

Same Here!

Cosette, my love 💕

[lesmisscraper]

Valjean trying to give more soft bread for Cosette. Vol. 4, Book 3, Chapter 4.

Clips from <Il cuore di Cosette>.

[joy-jpg]

shaiposting

[lesmisscraper]

the 2012 les mis is........ not as bad as I remember?

and Marius gets the handkerchief in it???

[cliozaur]

We are back to Marius. He is “mad with grief,” suicidal, and determined to seek death at the barricade. His journey seems quite long, and that is why I was looking for a map of Les Mis locations in Paris (and found it!) Indeed, it is a substantial walk from Rue Plumet to the fictional Corinthe near Les Halles. Thanks to Marius’ journey, we get to experience what is going on in Paris. Although Hugo mentioned that this time Paris was responding differently—with people getting anxious and doors being locked etc.—his description here seems to contradict that.

As Marius walks closer to Les Halles, Rue de Rivoli appears to be bustling with life: women shopping, people enjoying desserts, and gas lamps illuminating the arcades. It's as if this part of Paris is oblivious to the turmoil. Further along the way, shops are closed, but everything else appears normal, with lit streets and people going about their business. Continuing on, Marius encounters a group of working-class men, easily identifiable by their attire. Here, the windows are dark, and the street lanterns resemble “large red stars.”

Finally, Marius enters the realm of darkness, silence, and emptiness. It’s so ominous and eerie. At some point, it’s so dark that Marius has to find his way by touch. Unexpectedly, fucking white horses appear in front of him, the same horses that Bossuet had freed in the morning. Poor beasts have returned close to the barricade.

Throughout this chapter, there are so many descriptions of different types of light, and the whole journey feels remarkably cinematic. Towards the end, it even takes on a resemblance to Buñuel’s films!

Marius' journey:

[stenshale]

what an appropriate thing to say to a woman you barely know

[lesmisscraper]

Note: The black bread does not mean burnt bread, but the bread made from rye or whole grain wheat.

On contray, the white bread is made from the normal refined wheat flour.

Black bread usually rough than white bread. But this does not change the meaning that Valjean gives better food for his child while he doesn't.

Source from here and here.

Les Mis Letters 4.3.4

Cosette gets Valjean to take care of himself with the sweetest “Damn, bitch, you live like this?” ever.

If you wouldn’t let your daughter live in a freezing hut and eat burned bread, why are you treating yourself that way?

[tobbogan-13]

I KNOW THIS HOUSE I TELL YOU

THERES NOTHING HERE FOR YOU

JUST THE OLD MAN AND THEY GIRL

THEY LIVE ORDINARY LIIIIVEEESSSS

[fructidors]

barricade day has been over for 2 minutes where i live but i'm still taking the occasion to FINALLY change my icon to something more les mis related

[secretmellowblog]

The moment where Eponine prevents her father/his gang from breaking into Valjean and Cosette's house is so fascinating? Especially because the musical's portrayal of it is so different from the novel's. Within the musical, Eponine threatening to scream is this very straightforwardly heroic moment. In the novel, it's portrayed as more morally complicated? She plans to scream in order to draw the attention of the police; she does this while boasting about how she's suicidal and doesn't care if everyone here, including herself, ends up dead. It's framed in this very morally ambiguous way-- there are all these parallels drawn between Eponine and Javert, which is never a good sign; she's compared to a monster, a barking dog, and a ghoul. The fact that she plans to call the police, specifically, is also a big point in the book? Eponine isn't aware that Valjean is also a criminal, and that drawing the attention of the police might also put Valjean in danger. This makes the plot point far more like the "Patron Minette ambush" subplot earlier, the one where Marius was debating over whether or not to give the signal for the police to come in. Just like in that subplot, Eponine ends up being the one who gives the characters a "middle road." Just as Eponine's letter gives advanced warning to Patron-Minette (giving Valjean time to escape in the confusion), Eponine's threat of calling the police here outside Rue Plumet manages to prevent the robbery without the police coming in.

Within the novel she's being brave and heroic, but it's also framed as being deeply morally complex and self-destructive. And I'm never quite sure how to feel about it!

[lesmisscraper]

It seems like Cosette started wear blue dress since 2010s...

so my mum got me this korean adaptation of les mis made for children. it was published in 2021 and is actually really complete in terms of giving historical and political context, and even includes some facts about victor hugo. but it’s really cute and a good way to get children into classics i think (and on a personal note, its nice to know i have enough of a level in korean to understand a children’s book lol..)

the story is centered about cosette and valjean’s lives (from the chain gang to valjean rescuing cosette to the convent), cosette and marius (none of les amis are mentioned except for when “the commander” allows valjean to kill javert) and éponine’s death is described and illustrated as it’s a plot point in marius and cosette’s relationship. it also focuses a bit on javert and valjean’s relationship and ends with valjean dying, cosette and marius by his side.

also it made me think of how cosette in the perfect manhwa heroine, with her tragic past that turns into a “beautiful” and successful future in which she ends up happily married, never thought of that.

it’s ≈130 pages and clearly a children book but the illustrations are really good (manhwa-style) so here are marius and cosette because. theyre adorable in this art style.

[lesmisscraper]

The Two Lovers' Letters at Each Other's Own Ends. Volume 4, Book 14, Chapter 7.

Clips from <Il cuore di Cosette>.