#like. shes referred to as Divine Love mid chapter. full 1cor13 style. bearing all things.

[lesbianvaljean]

very striking that Hugo pulls back in lm 1.5.11 after several chapters of absolute brutality toward Fantine and wraps her up in the language of the divine. the chapter is titled Christus Nos Liberavit/Christ has freed us - it begins with talk of the "sacred law of Jesus" & ends with the word "God." Fantine's suffering and resignation here is seen not by the Church itself (no priests! no bishops! no candlesticks or sacraments!) but by God himself alone.

very much a chapter-length version of the parable: "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the misérables least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me."

[pilferingapples]

#sub in 'les miserables' for 'one of the least of these' and uh. there you go. Thesis#to me this chapter is like. one more instance of#hugo standing in the streets banging pots and pans yelling THE DIVINE LAW IS OPPOSED TO THE HUMAN LAW!#GOD PLAYS FAVORITES! THE POOR AND WIDOWED AND ORPHANED! HE SAYS SO RIGHT THERE! IN THE BIBLE? THE BIBLE? HAVE YOU PEOPLE EVER READ TH--#like. shes referred to as Divine Love mid chapter. full 1cor13 style. bearing all things.#basically i love her.#anyways the sparrow still falls. etc etc etc#christianity tag (OP's tags)

very striking that Hugo pulls back in lm 1.5.11 after several chapters of absolute brutality toward Fantine and wraps her up in the language of the divine. the chapter is titled Christus Nos Liberavit/Christ has freed us - it begins with talk of the "sacred law of Jesus" & ends with the word "God." Fantine's suffering and resignation here is seen not by the Church itself (no priests! no bishops! no candlesticks or sacraments!) but by God himself alone.

very much a chapter-length version of the parable: "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the misérables least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me."