{"id":951,"date":"2012-10-11T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T13:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janice-campbell.com\/?p=951"},"modified":"2015-08-31T22:18:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T22:18:20","slug":"great-books-week-les-miserables%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bf-is-150-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/great-books-week-les-miserables%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bf-is-150-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books Week: Les Mis\u00e9rables\ufeff\ufeff is 150 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Great<\/a>One of my favorite books of all time is\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em><\/strong> by Victor Hugo. Even though I first encountered it in an edition so badly abridged it could have been more accurately described as butchered, it was a beautiful, moving story of love and justice. If you haven’t read it or seen the musical, please do. You’ll be in for a treat.<\/p>\n

If you were going to choose one book as your Great Book of the year, what would it be? It doesn’t have to be classic, but rather something that has stayed in your memory and affected your thoughts in some way. Share it in the comment section, or blog about it and link back– I’m always happy to find more wonderful things to read!<\/p>\n

Visit the Great Books Week<\/strong> site<\/a> for a few ideas on how to celebrate, some quotes on great literature, and more. In a world of strife and turmoil, the classics remain beautiful and timeless. I hope you enjoy celebrating this week!<\/p>\n

Here are few quotes, and at the very bottom, a video of the Les Mis\u00e9rables musical<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to inspire you:<\/p>\n

\"Victor<\/a>\"\"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. \u00a0 \u00a0Victor Hugo\u00a0<\/p>\n

By elevating your reading, you will improve your writing
\nor at least tickle your thinking.\u201d
\n~ William Safire<\/p>\n

Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. ~Author Unknown<\/p>\n

Upon books the collective education of the race depends;
\nthey are the sole instruments of registering,
\nperpetuating and transmitting thought.
\n~ Henry C. Rogers<\/p>\n

All books are divisible into two classes,
\nthe books of the hour, and the books of all time.
\n~ John Ruskin<\/p>\n

It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different
\ndinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different
\nbooks which have made him wise. Let us see the results of good food
\nin a strong body, and the results of great reading in a full and powerful mind.
\n~ Sydney Smith<\/p>\n