World Literature Module 5.6

Les Misérables

Study Guide: World Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 5)

Focus Text: Les Misérables

Honors Text: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo or

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (You may select the abridged version.)

NOTE: It can be helpful to listen to the audiobook, especially for auditory students.

Audiobook: http://amzn.to/2qgAwV9

EIL 5.6 Context Resources

These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.

Readings

https://www.penguin.com/static/html/classics/readingguides/lesmiserables.php

https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/law-grace-redemption-les-miserables/

https://web.archive.org/web/20150404051244/www.tuts.com/Images/SeasonShowDocs/LesMiserables_StudyGuide.pdf

http://www.alalettre.com/Hugo-miserables.htm

The Author’s Life

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/victor-hugo-biography

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/victor-hugo-a-persuasive-letter-regarding-john-brown

http://archive.is/xw5Ch

Poetry

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5670

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/victor-hugo-poem-read-aloud

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/boaz-asleep-by-victor-hugo

http://www.gavroche.org/vhugo/vhpoetry/

http://gbarto.com/hugo/index.html

http://www.consolatio.com/2007/12/lamartine-man-h.html

https://www.mezzocammin.com/timeline/timeline.php?vol=timeline&iss=1700&cat=80&page=valmore

https://www.bartleby.com/360/7/24.html

Audio

Les Misérables with narrator Frederick Davidson: Amazon.com or Audible.com (This or the above version recommended for its excellent quality and correct pronunciation of French names.)

http://www.tdej.org/2010_character_breakdown_vocal_range.php

https://librivox.org/group/296 (Amateur — not recommended unless there is no other option.)

Music

http://www.danielmcadam.com/victor-hugo.html

http://classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=16924

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7977719–victor-hugo-in-music

https://dorakmt.tripod.com/music/romantic.html

https://www.mtishows.com/les-miserables-0

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/la-marseillaise-sung-by-placido-domingo

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/band-version-of-la-marseillaise-with-lyrics

Video

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/

http://www.decentfilms.com/blog/lesmiserables-60sec

Visual Arts

https://about-france.com/art/neoclassicism-romanticism.htm

Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David

Historical Context

https://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2012/12/enjoy-les-miserables-but-please-get-your-history-straight-first/

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/introduction-to-romanticism-from-lilia-melani

https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/10/12/romanticism/

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/europe-and-the-superior-being-napoleon-by-steven-kreis

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/the-romantic-era-by-steven-kreis

Places to Go

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/mapping-paris/Mapping_Home.html

http://parismusees.paris.fr/en/victor-hugos-houses-paris/guernesey

Just for Fun

http://gavroche.org/vhugo/sentence.shtml

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Index of World Literature context link pages

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World Literature Texts (recommended editions)

British Lit study guide, and links to focus and honors texts (opens in a new tab at the author’s Everyday Education site)