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appalachiablue

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29. A loaf of bread. "Les Miserables," one of the greatest novels of the 19th c.

Reply to blueinredohio (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 2, 2020, 08:19 AM

Feb 2020

An incident Victor Hugo witnessed in 1829 involved three strangers and a police officer. One of the strangers was a man who had stolen a loaf of bread, similar to Jean Valjean. The officer was taking him to the coach. The thief also saw the mother and daughter playing with each other which would be an inspiration for Fantine and Cosette. Hugo imagined the life of the man in jail and the mother and daughter taken away from each other..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables

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