Les Miserables

This entry is about a year in the making. For the last year I have been reading the novel by Victor Hugo Les Miserables. Though it hasn't been regularly read (mostly at work) it has taken me that long to get through it. I also need to mention that the book I read was the unabridged version and was a total of 1200 pages. I enjoyed reading the book though it was a little slow in parts. Hugo likes to throw a lot of philosophy and history in to help appreciate the story. It helps in parts but others just seems to drag on. Well, I gues I can get to the point I was trying to make to begin with. I FINALLY FINISHED! It happened a week ago. After I read the last line I closed the book and said "Hmm, that was a good book.", and just thought about it for a while.

I picked up Les Miserables after reading the unabridged Count of Monte Cristo (As of yet my favorite book) and thought since The Count was 1400+ pages that Les Mis would be just the same walk in the park. It wasn't. But both were excellent books. That is probably why they call them Classics.