Sarah+B.



Classics. Movies, books, music, art. There are many different works all under the name of classic. For books, music, and all overall art, I look no further then Victor Hugo's __Les Miserables__. I was first introduced to Les Mis by my mom after she gave a recording of the Original Broadway Cast. That was when I was thirteen. Now I am seventeen and still obsessed, to some degree, with Les Mis. To be able to take a book written in the late nineteenth century and view it today as not only the original book, but as a musical and a movie just shows how versatile and engaging the story line is. From the beginning when the reader, musical or movie goer encounters Jean Valjean, you are brought into the story in a way not many writers can do now. The constant viewing of the book, musical and movie, along with the many translations and adaptations of musical just shows how much people appreciate the timeless story of a convict who adopts a poor girl and then protects her while changing his own appearance both physically and mentally.

To see clips from the movie check out this link: []