Apr 24, 2018
Today's extras are heavily geographical:
Here, once again, is our Google map, now with layers organized by section in the text, to make it a bit easier to zero in on the markers that interest you.
And here, for reference in the much-changed Paris, is an 1823 map of the city. It is far less interactive, but if you're...
Apr 17, 2018
We look more deeply into another of the novel's most famous scenes.
Apr 17, 2018
Here are a few examples of artists' interpretations of Cosette with her pail. There are LOTS more images of Cosette here; the page is in French, and at the beginning it's about about the Poor Children's Dinners that Hugo hosted at his home in Guernsey. Scroll down a bit, and you'll begin to recognize Cosette.
1892, ...
Apr 10, 2018
Caught in the web of fate, what reason is there for hope?