On my way to work this morning I just finished my reading of Les Miserables. And man after multiple reads it is still amazing! Why am I sharing this? Because my next few posts are going to be an introduction to my favourite character in all of literature. If I can be half the man that this man is I will consider my life to be much more than satisfactory. Who is this man? His name is M. Charles Francois Myriel, or better known in the literary world as Monseigneur Bienvenue (Welcome). This character, though only contained within the first 100 pages of this 1,600 page tome is easily the most influential character in the basic underlying themes of the novel. What are these themes? I'm sure as you read my forthcoming posts about this man you will more than understand.
In the meantime have a gander at this. One of the most well known quotes in all of classic literature, it encompasses the general idea of this Monseigneur Bienvenue quite nicely without ever directly referring to him.
"Undoubtedly they seemed very depraved, very corrupt, very vile, very hateful even, but people rarely fall without becoming degraded. Besides, there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les misérables; whose fault is it? And then, when the fall is furthest, is that not when charity should be greatest?"
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