r/lesmiserables

Some changes I hate, some I am neutral about and some I like. But out of all of them, I truly believe the song "Empty chairs at empty tables" is the best change. It bothers me extremely that we don't see Marius grief in the book. I know it's heavily implied he dissociated through most of the barricade and all but like ... Come on!! There's like three sentences or so saying he thought about all his dead friends and that's it! Victor Hugo are you telling me Mister I'm super emotional doesn't grief the fact that literally all his friends are dead?! That almost every person he knew is gone?!???? Not even crying over his best friend who he lived with for a lot ?????

Therefore, the song "Empty chairs at empty tables" is the best change! Yes, please! Make him show some proper grief !!

I was booking tickets for the Les Mis world tour in NYC, and I noticed that many of the orchestra seats are marked as "obstructed view."

Why is this the case? I'm not familiar with the venue (Radio City Music Hall) or the new concert staging, but how would a concert staging manage to partially block the view at orchestra level? And how obstructed would the view actually be?

I'm debating paying an exorbitant amount for balcony vs. just going orchestra, so any pointers would be helpful. Thanks!

Does anyone know of anything that was made by fans that covers the time period realistically? Anything such as fanfic, essays, adaptations. When I say realistically I mean discussions of fashion, technology, politics, also social mores such as treatment of women, different religions, the poor.

I feel too many things seem to modernize stuff. Or seem poorly researched. Thanks. ​

hi all! i wrote this piece a while ago, and it’s still one of my favorite things i’ve written over a year later - though i just put it up on ao3 in january.

it’s a short story following the news of enjolras’s death through those he had come to know in life. it tells the story of his life in reverse, beginning with those he met in paris and working its way back to his childhood.

if you’re interested, go check it out!