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coquelicoq · 2 years ago

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i'm about 1400 pages in and i've now gotten too choked up to read four times, all of which were because of old men. tragic stuff is happening to all the characters but it's the old guys that get me. typical.

now that i've moved on to reading les misérables aloud, i'm still having the same problem i had with le comte de monte-cristo (i.e., le procureur du roi continues to dog my every step), but a new issue has arisen, viz., i'm only 60 pages in and i've already gotten so choked up with emotion that i've had to stop reading two different times. and all that's happened so far is hugo has been giving background on the guy who will eventually let jean valjean steal his candlesticks. we have not met even a single major character yet. heh heh. i'm in danger.

#three of the four were because of m. myriel (the execution‚ the conventionist‚ vous vous appelez mon frère)#(the conventionist is also an old man so that one should count double)#and the fourth was because of m. mabeuf (iykyk)#i was crying for like two full pages. i wonder sometimes if my neighbors can hear me and if so what they're thinking #me: vive la révolution vive...la ré...la ré...ré...pUbLiQuE fra - ter - ni - [cries in french] té égalité et la [awkward pause in which the #sounds of unsteady breathing can be heard] mORT #my neighbors: ...what the fuck is going on in there 😬#'voilà maintenant notre drapeau' got me #jesus hugo save some pathos for your non old guy characters #fantine's death was mostly stressful because i was like is she gonna get to see cosette!!!#her death was tragic but it didn't make me cry. it was so drawn out. and it wasn't something she did it was something that happened to her #i think she might be the only other character who has died so far? other than myriel and the conventionist and mabeuf #and marius's dad i guess #also an old guy btw #la mère crucifixion died but she was so goth and morbid i don't think it was actually supposed to be sad lol #le père fauchelevent but that was very offscreen. another old guy #i know he's gonna shake things up and kill off a BUNCH of young guys here in a minute though. we are at that part of the novel #les mis #lm 4.14.2 #when m. mabeuf made his first appearance i was like oh great. a character specifically tailored to make me obsessed with him #and now look at me #thanks a lot hugo

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