- ‘as you can see, [the bishop] had a strange, idiosyncratic way of looking at things. i suspect he got it from the gospel.’
- gotta love that pointed jab at self proclaimed holier-than-thou christians who don’t actually do anything to help (bitter? me? no.)
- that bit where favourite is ranting about all the violent things she’d do if blachevelle broke up with her and then when dahlia asks her if she really loves him she’s like ‘nah i hate him lol there’s another guy i’m really in to’
- jean valjean’s chosen way of covertly doing good is to break into people’s houses so that he can secretly give them money
- fauchelevent doesn’t understand latin so he decides to just respond with ‘amen’ when he’s spoken to in it and hope for the best
- théodule is the preferred nephew to marius for the very solid reason that his aunt sees him less
- ‘to err is human, to stroll, parisian.’
- marius wears his only set of neat clothes two weeks in a row in an attempt to impress his crush. when she finally approaches him on a walk, he panics because ‘[he’ll] never have time to strike a pose.’
- marius finds a handkerchief of jean valjean’s and assumes it’s cosette’s, resulting in him doing all sorts of overdramatic things like sleeping with it and covering it in kisses
- that line about cosette: ‘in her heart of hearts, she was wild and brave.’ idk what it is about that line, i just like it.
- éponine, completely unarmed, manages to successfully threaten six dangerous crooks (including her father) away from cosette’s house – ‘you’ve got your knives, i’ve got my fists, we’re even.’
- joly’s cold being spelled out phonetically. a last bit of humour before the Pain begins.
- one chapter promises to reveal the name of enjolras’ mistress – bossuet even builds up to the reveal with a big speech about how he’s amazed enjolras can get so riled up without a woman. enjolras whispers a name under his breath: patria – country.
- despite the fact that jean valjean clearly hates marius, he still risks himself to save his life
- marius sends some really mixed signals to thénardier – literally throwing money at him while saying how much he hates him and how he has enough evidence to turn him over to the cops
- so the ending is Really Fucking Depressing but like…not as much as it could have been because jean valjean dies content, cosette and marius by his side, with the knowledge that he’s lived to become the kind of man the bishop wanted him to be
les misérables – highlights
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