Tag Archives: Misérables

Comstock and L. Leo as Hugo’s Javert

By Robin Bates | Published: September 23, 2024

Billionaire and Catholic fanatic Leonard Leo wants to bring back the Comstock Act. In his relentlessness, think of him as Hugo’s Javert.

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Our Time in the Covid Sewers

By Robin Bates | Published: March 10, 2021

Reading “Les Misérables” while awaiting a Covid shot led me to compare our pandemic experience and Jean Valjean’s trek through the sewers.

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Hugo on Freedom-Loving Insurgents

By Robin Bates | Published: March 2, 2021

To get a sense of protesters in Myanmar, Hong Kong, and elsewhere who are risking their lives, read Hugo’s “Misérables.”

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