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    Les Miserables is a novel by Victor Hugo set in 19th century France that depicts the suffering of the poor and explores themes of forgiveness and redemption. The story follows Jean Valjean, who is released from prison but continues to be persecuted until he learns to forgive his tormentor Javert. Valjean ultimately finds inner peace and is released from his past through embracing forgiveness and living with integrity according to his conscience rather than by the judgments of others. The book delivers a powerful message about the importance of forgiveness over revenge and is considered a spectacular work of literature, though it is long and difficult to read.

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    Les Miserables is a novel by Victor Hugo set in 19th century France that depicts the suffering of the poor and explores themes of forgiveness and redemption. The story follows Jean Valjean, who is released from prison but continues to be persecuted until he learns to forgive his tormentor Javert. Valjean ultimately finds inner peace and is released from his past through embracing forgiveness and living with integrity according to his conscience rather than by the judgments of others. The book delivers a powerful message about the importance of forgiveness over revenge and is considered a spectacular work of literature, though it is long and difficult to read.

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    Les Miserables is a novel by Victor Hugo set in 19th century France that depicts the suffering of the poor and explores themes of forgiveness and redemption. The story follows Jean Valjean, who is released from prison but continues to be persecuted until he learns to forgive his tormentor Javert. Valjean ultimately finds inner peace and is released from his past through embracing forgiveness and living with integrity according to his conscience rather than by the judgments of others. The book delivers a powerful message about the importance of forgiveness over revenge and is considered a spectacular work of literature, though it is long and difficult to read.

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    Les Miserables (Book Review)

    Victor Hugo

    The world can be a terrible and cruel place. A miserable place, you might say. And that's
    especially true in 1815. Les Miserables written by Victor Hugo is a story based on the state of
    France, mostly Paris, and the period is the first half of the 19th century, a very chaotic time in
    France in particular.

    This is a book about everything - right and wrong, love and hate, war and peace,
    goodness and evil, rich and poor. The characters are very believable and in reality created
    amazingly well. The author doesn't just throw random characters in because everyone has his
    place, and is described sufficiently well for the reader to relate to.

    I especially felt for the descriptions of poor/hungry people in this book extremely
    credible. Reading the book makes you actually feel sorry for these people specially children,
    relate to their hardships, and being thankful to have a food in their stomach. It's also amazing
    how strong some of the characters are. Eponine, Gavroche, and Father Mabeuf, these people
    have been beaten by the sufferings of life enough to develop certain power and a way to look
    life right into the eyes something to admire.

    Les Miserables delivers a powerful advocacy of forgiveness over revenge. After Valjean
    is arrested and forgiven by the priest, Valjean is set on a new path where he eventually forgives
    Javert who has tormented and hated him for years. Javert meanwhile keeps on seeking Valjean
    after he is discharged. He believes that no criminal can change its evil ways. In the story,
    Valjean was given the chance to execute Javert in the barricades of the rebel but Instead of
    taking Javert’s life, he gives him the great gift of freedom and spared him. In the end, Valjean is
    released from the past and embraced in a circle of love. I think forgiveness is an invitation to
    start over again, and forget the unpleasant past.

    The main message in this book as I see it is living with your conscience. What is really to
    a person is not what others think of him and how they judge him, but what he feels about
    himself, his inner peace of mind. Jean Valjean was certainly very hard on himself, even after
    doing so much good. I even felt that he's a bit too much self-criticizing, but the moral is clear -
    you can run from the police/inspector, hide from people, but you can never escape yourself. He
    also wants us to know that forgiveness is the key for resolving hatred in our society.

    To summarize, this is a great book. Prepare yourself to spend a lot of time reading it
    because it's long, the language is difficult and you have to be fully awake, or you'll easily miss
    key moments. But it's all worth it, this book is a spectacular literature, I enjoyed it extremely.

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