The Les Misérables Reading Companion: Episode 53 extras

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Episode 53 extras

May 28, 2019

I've added the location of Javert's reflection and his final moments to our Google map, in the Part V layer.

For those who are interested, the reference to Racine I mentioned is in Act II scene 2 of Phèdre, here in French, and in English.

And here's a period lithograph about the Fampoux train derailment in 1846:

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