Peter Robinson December 27, 2012 46 0 The family and I just returned from Les Miserables. ponine, now ragged and emaciated, visits Marius at his apartment to beg for money. [17] Hugo's description of Valjean rescuing a sailor on the Orion drew almost word for word on a Baron La Roncire's letter describing such an incident. Donougher's is the best translation I've read. The soldier fires, fatally wounding the man, while missing Marius. However, a man covers the muzzle of the soldier's gun with his hand. Meanwhile, the soldiers are closing in. the Paris uprising on 56 June 1832, following the death of General Lamarque, the only French leader who had sympathy towards the working class. Id love to hear how Les Misrables affects you! The collapse of the old society in France, the fall of his own family, the tragic scenes of 93,3 which were, perhaps, even more frightening for migrs4 watching them from afar with the magnifying power of dreaddid these things cause notions of renunciation and solitude to germinate in his mind? He must have a carriage and a post chaise. [22][23] He spent several vacations in Montreuil-sur-Mer. Meanwhile, the Thnardiers' monetary demands continue to grow. As the barricade falls, Valjean carries off the injured and unconscious Marius. He tries to convince Marius that Valjean is actually a murderer, and presents the piece of coat he tore off as evidence. Well do likewise whenever the occasion arises. The century that Waterloo was intended to arrest has pursued its march. Now he acts like all the rest. Press J to jump to the feed. Madame Thnardier is furious with Valjean, while her husband makes light of Valjean's behaviour, caring only that he pay for his food and lodging. None of the adaptations can do the book justice. After ponine leaves, Marius observes the "Jondrettes" in their apartment through a crack in the wall. Victor Hugo, Les Misrables, 1862. New York: Modern Library, 2009. Rose. Bienvenu pulls Monseigneur into line.We are not saying that the portrait of the man we offer here is accurate; we will restrict ourselves to the claim that it is a passing likeness. Since languages are, of course, not directly equivalent, translation is as much an art as a skill, and translators have their individual ethos and goals in rendering a text in another language. Thnardier sends ponine and Azelma outside to look out for the police. "BBC News Bon anniversaire! Also note that he streamlined the text in some places and moved two "digressions" to the back as appendices. Javert orders her to be quiet, and then reveals to her Valjean's real identity. The haves and the have-nots all knocked on Monsieur Myriels door, some coming in search of the alms that the others had just left. with the very best personal fishing guides available to Les Ambassadeurs' members across a range of idyllic locations. Large sums passed through his hands, but nothing could make him change his style of life in the slightest or get him to embellish his spartan existence by the faintest touch of the superfluous.Far from it. It's super lyrical and dramatic, I love every bit of it! [30] A massive advertising campaign[31] preceded the release of the first two volumes of Les Misrables in Brussels on 30 or 31 March and in Paris on 3 April 1862. He goes back to his house, tells Cosette they will be staying at their other house on Rue de l'Homme-Arm, and reconfirms to her that they will be moving to England. Monsieur le comte, things will only come good when the emperor has delivered us from these pious swine. Also published in an abridged edition by New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996; 2003. Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. When the book was finally written, Trjean became Valjean. He seemed to think there was something wrong with Hugo's novel. Theres been a mistake, Im telling you. As their wedding party winds through Paris during Mardi Gras festivities, Valjean is spotted by Thnardier, who then orders Azelma to follow him. Walking down the street, he sees a man named Fauchelevent pinned under the wheels of a cart. ), Hughes. It includes "detailed explanatory notes, an overview of key themes, and more". A dandy named Bamatabois harasses Fantine in the street, and she reacts by striking him. . Only the servant, Madame Magloire, grumbled a bit. The one about convents he titles "Parenthesis" to alert the reader to its irrelevance to the story line.[12]. Les Misrables has been popularized through numerous adaptations for film, television and the stage, including a musical. Valjean rents new lodgings at Gorbeau House, where he and Cosette live happily. He also slipped personal anecdotes into the plot. Its likely the easiest translation to read as its written more like a contemporary novel, but the language can be quite jarring. Hello! Since its original publication, Les Misrables has been the subject of a large number of adaptations in numerous types of media, such as books, films, musicals, plays and games. The fact that this 'digression' occupies such a large part of the text demands that it be read in the context of the 'overarching structure' discussed above. Oh, these bloody clergy! Valjean manages to escape the scene before Javert sees him. I find Donoughers translation to be engaging, modern, and accurate. In summary Christine Donougher's translation of Les Misrables is the best version available in English and I would advise all fans of the novel to buy it. We transcribe here the note written in his hand.household expenditureFor the small seminary 1500 livresMission congregation 100 livresFor the Lazarists of Montdidier 100 livresSeminary of foreign missions in Paris 200 livresCongregation of the Saint-Esprit 150 livresReligious institutions in the Holy Land 100 livresSocieties of maternal charity 300 livresFor the one at Arles 50 livresFor the betterment of prisons 400 livresFor the relief and release of prisoners 500 livresFor the release of fathers of families imprisoned for debt 1000 livresSalary supplement for poor schoolteachers in the diocese 2000 livresUpper Alps public granary 100 livresLadies Association of Digne, Manosque, and Sisteron,3 for the free education of poor girls 1500 livresFor the poor 6000 livresMy personal expenses 1000 livrestotal 15000 livresThe whole time Monsieur Myriel held the see of Digne, he made almost no change in this arrangementwhat he called, as we shall see, taking care of his household expenses.Mademoiselle Baptistine accepted the arrangement with absolute submission. I'm guessing that Penguin realized it was a mistake, and that the unfamiliar anglicized title hurt sales. Lee Fahnestock and Norman MacAfee, translators. As she lies dying on his knees, she confesses that she was the one who told him to go to the barricade, hoping they would die together. Valjean arrives at the barricade and immediately saves a man's life. He tries to find a way to save Valjean while not betraying Thnardier. Valjean recognizes Thnardier, but Thnardier does not recognize Valjean. Thnardier takes the thirty francs he finds, opens the gate, and allows Valjean to leave, expecting Valjean's emergence from the sewer will distract the police who have been pursuing him. They feel like digressions, although they really are not. Explore Now Get Free eBook Sample Buy As Gift LEND ME See Details Overview Vive Les Misrables! Notable examples of these adaptations include: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Hugo imagined the life of the man in jail and the mother and daughter taken away from each other. So what do you recommend? In desperation, Fantine sells her hair and two front teeth, and she resorts to prostitution to pay the Thnardiers. . This is the [translation] to read. Translation and introduction by Norman Denny, Folio Press, 1976. There has obviously been a mistake. Both of us may benefit.That very night, the emperor asked the cardinal what the curs name was and some time after that Monsieur Myriel was stunned to learn that hed been named bishop of Digne.But, when alls said and done, what was true in the tales told about the first phase of Monsieur Myriels life? They had no children. The novel has been translated into 21 languages, and there are 7 different translations into English which English-speaking readers can choose from. Valjean pays the Thnardiers 1,500 francs, and he and Cosette leave the inn. Marius recognizes Thnardier as the man who saved his father's life at Waterloo and is caught in a dilemma. A translation from 1887 published in various formats. Hugo devotes another 19 chapters (Volume II, Book I) to an account ofand a meditation on the place in history ofthe Battle of Waterloo, the battlefield which Hugo visited in 1861 and where he finished writing the novel. No one would have dared bring it up, no one would have dared remember what it was.Monsieur Myriel arrived in Digne accompanied by an old spinster, Mademoiselle Baptistine, who was his sister and ten years his junior.They had only one servant, a woman the same age as Mademoiselle Baptistine, called Madame Magloire. Donougher's the best. Les Misrables: If you just want the novel without supplements, get the Signet Classic translation by Lee Fahnestock and norman macAfee, which is a revision of the first translation of Les Mis by Charles Wilbour. I would also definitely recommend Donougher; Im currently half way through and its lovely. Critical reactions were wide-ranging and often negative. Madame Thnardier immediately accepts, while Thnardier pretends to love Cosette and be concerned for her welfare, reluctant to give her up. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Translation is difficult for many reasons, including the fact that a good translation needs to be true to the original and able to stand on its own for a new audience, as explained in a 2008 NPR story. Although socially progressive in tone it was more sensationalist than Les Misrables and did not have the same breadth of moral vision. Rose has been quoted as saying, Translation is rewritingas someone you imagine the writer to be, and I find that her translation is often fairly distant from my understanding of Hugos original work. [24], During the 1832 revolt, Hugo walked the streets of Paris, saw the barricades blocking his way at points, and had to take shelter from gunfire. The first was by a contemporary and friend of Hugo in 1862; more than a hundred . Hes fixed up all his charities. Stunned, Marius recognizes the fabric as part of his own coat and realizes that it was Valjean who rescued him from the barricade. Youve got my place and Ive got yours. After he and Cosette leave, Marius asks ponine to retrieve her address for him. Six years pass and Valjean, using the alias Monsieur Madeleine, has become a wealthy factory owner and is appointed mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer. For this devout spinster, Myriel was both her brother and her bishop, the friend she grew up with and her superior according to ecclesiastical authority. The men abandon the women, treating their relationships as youthful amusements. Denny has more prose and beautiful language. 4 3 Related Topics Book Reading, Writing, and Literature 3 comments Best Add a Comment mirainokirby 7 yr. ago Thnardier accepts the offer, and he and Azelma travel to America where he becomes a slave trader. Monsieur Charles Myriel emigrated to Italy soon after the Revolution broke out. He went to Toulon to visit the Bagne in 1839 and took extensive notes, though he did not start writing the book until 1845. Sometimes called the brick because of its size and shape, this translation unfortunately contains no informational notes. A somewhat abridged translation that many find appealing, but some sentences are shortened or simplified, some paragraphs eliminated, and Hugos provocative section on slang and the criminal world (IV, 7, 1-4) shunted off to an appendix. In French, the letters "ABC" are pronounced identically to the French word abaisss, 'the abased'. The next morning, Valjean informs the Thnardiers that he wants to take Cosette with him. For instance Marius and Cosette's wedding night (Part V, Book 6, Chapter 1) takes place on 16 February 1833, which is also the date when Hugo and his lifelong mistress Juliette Drouet made love for the first time.[27]. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. She also confesses to have obtained the letter the day before, originally not planning to give it to him, but decides to do so in fear he would be angry at her about it in the afterlife. ponine comes in and announces that a philanthropist and his daughter are arriving to visit them. One of the strangers was a man who had stolen a loaf of bread, similar to Jean Valjean. Down with the pope! Marius returns home and waits for Javert and the police to arrive. Rosa, Annette, Introduction to Les Misrables, Laffont, 1985, La rception des Misrables en 1862 Max Bach PMLA, Vol. Years earlier in Paris, a grisette named Fantine was very much in love with Flix Tholomys. I've read it, as have millions of other English speakers, and highly recommend it. When opportunity presents itself, purely out of habit, he steals a 40-sous coin from 12-year-old Petit Gervais and chases the boy away. In less than a year, the bishop became treasurer of all works of charity and cashier to all those in distress. As he and Cosette make wedding preparations, Valjean endows them with a fortune of nearly 600,000 francs. When Valjean returns with rent money, Thnardier, with Patron-Minette, ambushes him and he reveals his real identity to Valjean. Unable to cope with this dilemma, Javert commits suicide by throwing himself into the Seine. Valjean volunteers to execute Javert himself, and Enjolras grants permission. The only problem I had with the Donougher was the decision to go with an english title. What had been skinniness in her youth had become transparency with maturity; and this diaphanous quality revealed the angel within. Thnardier approaches Marius in disguise, but Marius recognizes him. It addresses England as well as Spain, Italy as well as France, Germany as well as Ireland, the republics that harbour slaves as well as empires that have serfs. Waterloo, by cutting short the demolition of European thrones by the sword, had no other effect than to cause the revolutionary work to be continued in another direction. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. Wonderful annotations and footnotes. It's the one I have, and about halfway in it was quite good. My first impressions: Christine Donougher's translation reads very smoothly. When Gavroche goes outside the barricade to collect more ammunition from the dead National Guardsmen, he is shot dead. Les Misrables (/ l e m z r b (l),-b l / lay MIZ--RAHB(-l), - RAH-bl, French: [le mizeabl]) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Marius pities her and gives her some money. Thnardier decides to kill Valjean. I. Monsieur MyrielIn 1815, Monsieur Charles-Franois-Bienvenu Myriel was bishop of Digne.1 He was an elderly man of about seventy-five and he had occupied the seat of Digne since 1806.There is something we might mention that has no bearing whatsoever on the tale we have to tellnot even on the background. His friends, Listolier, Fameuil, and Blachevelle were also paired with Fantine's friends Dahlia, Zphine, and Favourite. The first, by Charles E. How is Les Misrables pronounced? Many readers enjoy Hapgoods translation. The Wretched, Doneagher (sp? I was wondering what translation or translations you've read of Les Mis and if you enjoyed them? When his visit was over, he politely begged the director to accompany him back to his place.Monsieur le directeur, how many sick people do you have in your hospital at the moment?Twenty-six, Monseigneur.Thats what I counted, said the bishop.The beds are all jammed together, the director went on.Thats what I noticed.The living areas are just bedrooms, and theyre difficult to air.Thats what I thought.Then again, when theres a ray of sun, the gardens too small for the convalescents.Thats what I said to myself.As for epidemics, weve had typhus this year, and two years ago we had miliary feverup to a hundred were down with it at any one time. And so, he robbed himself.The custom being for bishops to put their full baptismal names at the head of their mandates and pastoral letters, the poor people of the area had chosen, out of a sort of affectionate instinct, the one among all the bishops various names that made the most sense to them, and so they called him Monseigneur BienvenuWelcome. ). He travels to attend the trial and there reveals his true identity. Look, my dear director, Ill tell you what. . The novel opens with a statement about the bishop of Digne in 1815 and immediately shifts: "Although these details in no way essentially concern that which we have to tell" Only after 14 chapters does Hugo pick up the opening thread again, "In the early days of the month of October, 1815", to introduce Jean Valjean. It is during this time that Valjean manages to free himself. London & New York: Penguin Books, 2015. The novel as a whole is one of the longest ever written,[9] with 655,478 words in the original French. Then he spoke more loudly. Thnardier then demands that Valjean pay a thousand crowns, but Valjean and Cosette leave. Napolon, seeing the old boy give him the once-over with a certain curiosity, wheeled round and said brusquely: Who is this little man staring at me?Your Majesty, said Monsieur Myriel, you see a little man, and I see a great man. Gavroche spots Javert and informs Enjolras that Javert is a spy. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title, which can be translated from the French as The Miserables, The Wretched, The Miserable Ones, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims. Marius overhears Thnardier's plan and goes to Javert to report the crime. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title, which can be translated from the French as The Miserables . Les. Few families had known the Myriel family before the Revolution.Monsieur Myriel had to endure the fate of every newcomer in a small town, where there are always plenty of mouths blathering and not many brains working. When Enjolras confronts him about this, he admits his identity and his orders to spy on the students. [5] Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, particularly the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption.[6]. Lee Fahnestock/Norman McAfee. 8 years ago. There, Javert tells Valjean he will wait for him in the street, but when Valjean scans the street from the landing window he finds Javert has gone. Later that evening, Marius goes back to Valjean's and Cosette's house on Rue Plumet, but finds the house no longer occupied. Roses translation is the complete opposite and the prose is extremely modern. 25 facts about Les Mis", "Read the Ten Longest Novels Ever Written", "Letter of G. 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It said that some passages "exclusively intended for the French readers of the book" were being omitted, as well as "[a] few scattered sentences reflecting on slavery" because "the absence of a few antislavery paragraphs will hardly be complained of by Southern readers." Mme. After the death of his father, Colonel Georges Pontmercy, Marius discovers a note from him instructing his son to provide help to a sergeant named Thnardier who saved his life at Waterlooin reality Thnardier was looting corpses and only saved Pontmercy's life by accident; he had called himself a sergeant under Napoleon to avoid exposing himself as a robber. Translator identified as "A.F." Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Les mystres, like Les Misrables, viewed contemporary Paris from the point of view of the downtrodden and criminal underclasses who had been little represented in novels up to the time, and featured the interventions of detectives and the indifference of aristocrats. She had never been pretty, but her entire life, which had been merely a succession of holy works, had ended up laying a sort of whiteness and brightness over her; as she aged, she had gained what you could describe as the beauty of goodness. The Wilbour (1862) and Hapgood (1887) translations use old-fashioned English which some find pleasant and some find clunky. 66 by Victor Hugo. Yet it may well serve some purpose, if only in the interests of precision, to jot down here the rumors and gossip that had circulated about him the moment he first popped up in the diocese. He was a good-looking young man, if on the short side, elegant, charming, and witty; he had given the best years of his life thus far to worldly pursuits and love affairs. London: Everymans Library, 1998. As evidence of police double agents at the barricades, he writes: "The author of this book had in his hands, in 1848, the special report on this subject made to the Prefect of Police in 1832.". Valjean tells Cosette her mother's story and name. He deemed it an "infantile" effort and brought an end to Hugo's career like "the fall of a god". Valjean takes Javert out of sight, and then shoots into the air while letting him go. 1862 - Charles E. Wilbour 1862 - Lascelles Wraxall 1863 - Wilbour revised by A.F. As I was reading it I couldn't stop thinking, "Why do they teach Shakespeare when every single line of Hugo is this deep, poetic, profound truth?". Isabel Hapgood, translator. VICTOR HUGO'S novel "Les Miserables" is best known these days as a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: https://www.patreon.com/hardcoreliterature https://open.spotify.com . Social problems go beyond frontiers. 12 Barbara Fox This introduces a meditation on memories of past places that his contemporary readers would recognize as a self-portrait written from exile: "you have left a part of your heart, of your blood, of your soul, in those pavements." I, Laffont, 1989, Monsieur Thnardier and Madame Thnardier, Socit Plon et autres v. Pierre Hugo et autres, "Victor Hugo's 150-year-old tragedy continues to excite on stage and film", Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Wraxall. When Fantine arrives at Montfermeil, she leaves Cosette in the care of the Thnardiers, a corrupt innkeeper and his selfish, cruel wife. 77, No. Was he, in the middle of the distractions and amorous diversions that filled his life, suddenly hit by one of those mysterious and terrible jolts that sometimes come and strike at the heart, bowling over the man public calamities couldnt shake, threatening as these did only his existence and his fortune? Valjean returns to Montreuil to see Fantine, followed by Javert, who confronts him in her hospital room. He describes another occasion when a bullet shot "pierced a brass shaving-dish suspended over a hairdresser's shop. *By "best" I'm meaning easiest to read unabridged version. Meanwhile, Cosette informs Marius that she and Valjean will be leaving for England in a week's time, which greatly troubles the pair. [Things were not good with Rome at that point. Valjean escapes through the sewers, carrying Marius's body. She seemed a mere shadow with scarcely enough of a body to have a gender; just a bit of matter bearing a light, with great big eyes always lowered to the ground, an excuse for a spirit to remain on earth.Madame Magloire was a little old lady, white skinned, plump, round, busy, always wheezing, first because of always bustling about and second because of her asthma.When he first arrived, Monsieur Myriel was set up in his episcopal palace with all the honors required by imperial decree, which ranked bishops immediately after field marshals.10 The mayor and the president of the local council were the first to visit him, and on his side, he made his first visits to the general and the chief of police.Once he had moved in, the town waited to see their bishop on the job.II. I feel like this translation is true to the original French (I compared a few passages with my limited . The next day, Valjean is sitting in the Champ de Mars. However, several alternatives have been used, including The Miserables, The Wretched, The Miserable Ones, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims, and The Dispossessed. Whatever for, in a town with less than four thousand people? The Rose translation lost some of the magnificent prose that Hugo has by trying to make it accessible and modern. Eight years later, the Friends of the ABC, led by Enjolras, are preparing an act of anti-Orlanist civil unrest (i.e. I was so sad to finish it. He quickly repents and searches the city in panic for Gervais. Javert admits that after being forced to free Fantine, he reported him as Valjean to the French authorities. All the other students are killed. After Valjean writes the letter and informs Thnardier of his address, Thnardier sends out Mme. 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