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Jan 23, 2019

We continue to explore what goes into a barricade.

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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...

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Jan 8, 2019

Gavroche and Mabeuf join the cause.

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Episode 43 extras

Jan 8, 2019

A few different online treats for this week.

First, this blog might be useful again for those interested in the geographical details of this section's events.

 

Here is the Les Misérables-inspired poster from May 1968:

 

And here, again, is the Delacroix painting that Gavroche came to resemble particularly strongly in...

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