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morty77 t1_j2dw48y wrote

I read the unabridged version when I was 16 one summer. when Valjean is on his deathbed blessing cosette I literally had to stop reading to weep for the loss of such a beautiful man. 30 years later when I open to that scene, my eyes well up again. Hugo is truly a genius!

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Whaffled t1_j2fk67m wrote

Hugo never stopped grieving the death (at 19, by drowning) of his daughter Léopoldine. These emotions inform Valjean's love for Cosette.

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