#cause iirc aren't both books set around the same time period as well (mid-19th century) with a lot of the action being in Paris
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raspberryusagi · 3 months ago
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Me, rambling to my wife about this crackpot theory I came up with in the shower about how Les Miserables may have been an answer to The Count of Monte Cristo, or at least could be read as such: ... But then Valjean didn't personally screw Javert over like Dantes' enemies did-
My wife: Are you sure Valjean didn't screw Javert? I thought I read that on AO3 once.
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