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It is time for a new author vs author showdown, so lets get this great ball rolling.
In the blue corner we have Victor Hugo's Les Miserables
In the red corner we have Tolstoy's War and Peace
The battle between the two heavyweight prose works of the 19th century.
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Let the wine and debate flow freely!
this is a joke right?
Is it ?
Because the count has military trainning...
Tolstoy! Tolstoy!
Tolstoy!
Les Miserables is longer so Hugo knocks out Tolstoy with one blow. "Know your place, Tolstoy, for I am true master of doorstopper novels!", says Hugo with his boot on Tolstoy's face.
I'll go for Les Mis, though I confess to only having seen the 1930's film and the musical :D
I judge the value of all authors on the basis of the quality of musical adaptations too.Quote:
Originally Posted by kelby_lake
I dreamed a dream that Les Miserable won.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jo4FvpN3_g
I voted for Les Miserables. I read it in 1968 the year of Les Evenements in Paris and the reverberations of the events in Paris in the 1830s were quite spooky. I thought the book was long but wonderful.
I have just downloaded a copy to my Kindle the translation by Isabelle Hapgood of 188? and it was FREE.
I have neither seen the film nor the musical. Not as a conscious choice but the film was released before I was born and I have not got round to the musical version.