into the parisian underworld

Welcome to the Parisian Underworld, a place where people have gathered to discuss the great work of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables (the unabridged version). There is no time limit to finish the book so feel free to read at your own pace and enjoy every page.

If you are interested in joining us as we tackle 1000+ pages of great literature please leave a comment with your email address and your blog address (if you have one). Or you can email me at randomfieldnotes[at]googlemail[dot]com to be added.

Once you've been added to the blog please introduce yourself, maybe tell us why you're reading Les Misérables or how far along you are if you've already started. Don't forget to label your posts with your name so that people can look up your reviews/progress. I also thought the best way to label reviews would be by the sections given in the book (Fantine, Cosette, Marius, Saint-Denis and Jean Valjean) so if your review falls within one of those sections please label it accordingly. Also feel free to use character names (i.e. Javert) as labels. Make sure you capitalize all names so they're categorized properly.

I look forward to reading everyone's thoughts and progress!

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How's everyone doing? It's been quiet around here lately just wanted to make sure everyone's alive and well! :)

I've been a bit of a slacker... I'm on page 1169, the beginning of the Jean Valjean section and I haven't posted any reviews! Oh dear! So much for being on top of it. Guess I'll just have to do one big one when I'm finished, but I'll still break it down and review by sections.

Hope everyone's hanging in there! Don't forget this isn't a race and I hope everyone's enjoying the process! Please check in and let us know whereabouts you're at (some of us are nosy!).

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Sorry folks I've edited the email address in the welcome post it should actually be randomfieldnotes[at]googlemail[dot]com - I forgot the 'mail' bit. I don't use this email unless it's blog business and I never seem to have blog business! Ha! :)

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Hello my name is Ashleigh and I'm reading Les Misérables because I have become obsessed with the task of reading from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list. Since this is a big one I liked the idea of reading it with other people and having a place to discuss and read other's thoughts on the book. I'm reading from the Signet mass market paperback pictured above, 1463 pages. I'm on page 300 now, which brings me to the end of the section titled Fantine (which I hope to post on soon). I'm trying to read 240 pages a week so that I can finish in roughly 6 weeks. I wish everyone luck!

Oh! If anyone would like to design a badge, be my guest! You can email it to me at randomfieldnotes[at]blogspot[dot]com and I'll post it here for people to snag. Thanks!

:: Ashleigh : random field notes ::

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