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Welcome to the website for "The Les Misérables Reading Companion," where you'll find all the episodes of this podcast about Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, plus extras relating to what I've discussed there. 

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Episode 44 extras

Jan 23, 2019

First, some pictures of barricades.

This page has a series of pictures of historical barricades built during various uprisings in Paris. It's a tradition that continues to this day.

And some pictures of how Hugo's barricade has been imagined:

Once Les Misérables came out, representations of the June Rebellion were heavily influenced by the novel. For example, this one, from 1870.

On Broadway:

 

In the 2012 movie musical:

 

I also promised you some geographical detail about this part of Paris. You can locate it on our Google map in the Part 3 layer, and on the 1830 map here.

And finally, my delightful artwork, representing the immediate area around our characters' stronghold: