The Wrtetches
(Víctor Hugo)
The Wretches In this colossal novel, transmitted in 1862 - in the enjundiosa lucidity of the author it is already let see all templanza and the impetus of Víctor Hugo, that later justifies the concurrence of dosmillones of admirers in its triunfal burial in Paris twenty years. The " Wretches " of Hugo are not another thing that the spoiled ones by justice, those that they undergo military prison, persecution, extorsion, or irremediably are destined to the emaciated poverty but. The central personage, Jean Valjean, are convicto that finds refuge and shelter in house of Myriel bishop, a charitable being who works "in the extraction of the mercy" as a miner in gold veins and turns to him a honest person. Valjean is forced to change several times of name, is catched, flight and is reappeared. It seems as if a providencial force guided its confinements and resurrections to fight against that face of badly that conform the misery and the injustice. But, first of all, the miserable ones become a skillful chronicle of the ups and downs of France in first half of the XIX, from Waterloo to the 1848 barricades. Víctor Hugo is delayed in the descriptions, overturns all its talent in long peroratas to the service of the freedom and the rights of the humble ones. Like good romantic, it sees in God mercy, the ignorance kindness, the sin.redemption possibility. In spite of the fascination that exerts the great battles or the guillotine, the greater spectacle is "the one of the interior of the soul". For that reason, Víctor Hugo insists on "writing the poem of the human conscience" that serves to understand the entangled data of conventional history. Thus, excelso dramatist tiles history around the life of the ex- presidiario Jean Valljean that, regenerated after nineteen years of military prison to rob bread to feed itself, follows ballasting by its past. Forced to take a yellow passport that proves its condition of ex- presidiario it is rejected by the society, until being with Monsignor Myriel who pardons it of to him to have robbed in exchange for which he is committed to make the good. As of that moment Jean Valjean one sets out to dedicate its life to the benevolence. After prospering as proprietor of one makes and mayor, under the name of Magdalena, Valjean it must reveal its true identity to save a man who has been condemned by being confused with him by his pursuer, the Javert official who does not think that a man redeemed itself of his past and therefore he continues infringing the law, that according to him is the only truth. Jean Valjean escapes again to fulfill the promise that did to him to Fantina, before its death, to go in search of its daughter, Cosette, on sale of the Thenardier. This one family of innkeepers without scruples deceived in several opportunities Fantina in spite of knowing her condition of unmarried and poor mother, to remove more money to him while Cosette grew in a hostile atmosphere. Jean Vajean adopts to Cosette and both escape to Paris. Where Cosette falls in love with a young called revolutionary Mario Pontmercy; Jean Valjean must continue hiding its identity and to change itself constantly since continuous Javert persecuting it; and the Thenardier argument continues creating embustes to remove to benefit from all the situations posibles.El divides in several personages and their histories, always around the figure and the life of Jean Valjean, during a little while historical of violent changes of articles of incorporation. Also, one is based on the battle of Waterloo and the later events: fall of Napoleón, la Restoration and revolution of 1830 Víctor Hugo inspired by Eugéne Vidoc, delinquent which it finished being creative police and of the Surete French Nationale, for the creation of Valjean.Es a novel that allows the reader to indirectly approach the history of contemporary France to Víctor Hugo, including direct or several parts of, like the French Revolution of 1789 and its own stages: Termidor, the Terror, Directory, blow of Brumario), the Napoleonic empire, the Restoration with Luis XVIII and Carlos XV the revolution of Julio who transferred the power to Luis Felipe of Orleans. It is possible to emphasize also his analysis of instruments, events and stereotypes of the mentioned historical events, as well as of old leaders of the Convention, the e''migre''s and even, the guillotine. Víctor Hugo maintained throughout all its life, also in the miserable ones, one signs opposition to the capital punishment. Within the limits of this argument of romantic type, the author included in the pages his thoughts on the religion, the policy and the society of the time. Is considered it as a defending place and work pressed at any time. Donanfer
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