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Part 4: Marius 🕯️ They seemed very depraved, very corrupt, very debased — heinous, even — but rare are those who fall without sinking into vice. In any case, there is a point where the poor and the wicked become mixed up and lumped together in the one fateful word: les misérables — the wretched. Whose fault is this? And besides, should not charity be all the greater, the further into the depths the fall?

Part 1: Fantine 🥀 "‘Alas! the work wasn't finished, I admit: we destroyed the old order in its deeds, we were not able entirely to abolish it in its thoughts. To put an end to abuses is not enough, attitudes must change. The mill has gone, the wind is still there.’"

💚 This is a buddy read with Emily. Trying to get better at updating my gr now that I can see the light at the end of this months-long reading slump. And who woulda thunk that a 1300+ page chonker of French lit would be the thing to do it? Ah well, best not to look a gift horse in the mouth. Wholeheartedly loving this so far and wouldn't abridge it for the world. 🇫🇷