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raspberryusagi · 1 month

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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.

#the train of thought leading up to my statement was whether it was Valjean one could read as a foil to Dantes or Javert #'cause of Javert's whole obsession with bringing Valjean to justice #bookblr #les miserables #the count of monte cristo #anyway nothing's gonna come of this crackpot theory of mine 'cause I am no longer in school and have no more essays to write #but by golly this would be a delicious topic to write a big ol' thesis style paper on #still an English major nearly 10 years out of cool leg apparently #well both these books are French but still #OKAY BUT LISTEN the two authors were contemporaries #and maybe arguably friends? according to the bio sketch of dumas in the intro of my CoMC copy?#I would have to do more research on their relationship and also whenabouts each was writing their respective thing #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?#anyway right #ignore me and my nerdy nerdy book thoughts #these have been rambling tags with usagi

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