[latina4dubya]

I couldn't put down Les Miserables because I rested it on my lap and was pinned there until I got some help. :-) Seriously, it was on of the best books I've read. It even made me wish I understood French so I could read an untranslated version.

when reading Fahrenheit 451 i asked my students and their parents: "if books were outlawed (as in Fahrenheit 451) which book would you want to commit to memory? for me it would be either Les Miserables, or the Book of Romans... i might forgo Les Miserables only because i believe my two sons know it by heart... but i think my husband knows much of Romans, so i might consider something else altogether :)

as is said in a previous comment, i think Les Miserables is the best story ever written... (not counting the entirety of the Bible)...

[Borges]

LM was a huge best seller upon release. When Hugo wanted to know what the sales figures in America he sent a telegram to his American publisher with a single ‘?’. His publisher’s response: ‘!’.

[Diamond]

When I was 19 I memorized the first 14 chapters of Romans (NASB version). I would have memorized all of it but my brain ran out of space.

Cordially,