Les Miserables fans' Journal (original) (raw)

Les Miserables fans' Journal

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| | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 2005.03.27 12.43 Community Plugx-posted to corintheAre you interested in political events of the July Monarchy (1830-1848)? Ever see the musical Les Miserables? Or one of the many movies based on Victor Hugo's epic novel? Or even read the novel yourself?The insurrection from which Jean Valjean rescued Cosette's beloved Marius was based on a true event in French history. Additional to his own fictional barricade, Hugo wrote briefly of a larger one at the Cloistre Saint-Merry. This barricade was led by a man named Charles Jeanne. This man, who was decorated as a hero for his actions during the revolution that put Louis Phillipe on the French throne in 1830, was tried and condemned for similar actions following the funeral of General Lamarque in June 1832. Jeanne was sent to prison on Mont-Saint-Michel, which broke his health and sent him to an untimely death in 1837.Come share in the discovery of the facts about Jeanne's life, what actions made him heroic in one instance and treasonous in another, what scandals plagued his imprisonment, and what connections he may have had to secret societies in Paris.Francophiles and historians welcome.saint_merry | | | | | | |

| | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 2004.07.24 13.40 The World Has Lost an EnjolrasX-posted to mizzies, lesmiz, and do_me_enjolras.Serge Reggiani has died.Only those of us who are die hard fanatics of all things Mizzy would know this fellow. He played Enjolras in one of the better film adapations from the middle of the last century. The man looked nothing like our blond hero, and I have never heard his real voice since the version of the movie I have is badly dubbed into English. But this version had most of the best lines and at least Enjolras's proper death.It is a sad thing to lose artists who seem to live so close to their work.PARIS (AFP) - The French singer and actor Serge Reggiani died overnight of a heart attack at the age of 82, his agent said. **( Read more...Collapse )**Mood: nostalgic | | | | | | |

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