La Chute, from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Publié par Forgotten Books, le 16 décembre 2018

132 pages

Résumé

Excerpt from La Chute, From Victor Hugo's les Miserables This extract of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables - it is Book Second of Part First - recommended itself for a separate edition partly because it stands by itself as an independent and well-rounded whole, and partly because it is unusually interesting reading, but above all, because it is strikingly characteristic of Victor Hugo's thought and style, and therefore highly instructive as a literary study. It is surprising how much these four-score pages reveal of their author, what a clear-cut profile they present of him, and how well they thus fulfil the highest requisite of representative prose. Can this latter excellence ever be rated too highly in books destined to serve as basis for a course in literature? The notes, though not copious, will be found sufficient to meet the wants of those who are familiar with grammar and with the more common idioms, and it is for this class of students that they were written. The author's thanks are due to Professor E. S. Joynes of South Carolina, Professor G. M. Harper of Princeton College, and to Mr. S. Willard Clary of Boston for the valued suggestions which they made after reading the manuscript.