IDENTITY
Les Misérables
Literature
Work Summary
A vast novel following several intersecting lives in nineteenth-century France, especially the former convict Jean Valjean, the child Cosette, Fantine, Marius and the police inspector Javert. It combines social criticism, history and moral drama in an exploration of poverty, justice, mercy, love, revolution and redemption.
Evidence Summary
Van Gogh immediately compares Hugo’s way of analysing with Balzac and Zola.
Direct comparison of literary authors and modes of analysis.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Victor Hugo
Work
Les Mis érables
Years / Period
30 Apr 1883
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
I’ve finished Les misérables.
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
30 Apr 1883 — Letter 338
Finished reading
I’ve finished Les misérables.
Response: Van Gogh immediately compares Hugo’s way of analysing with Balzac and Zola.
Connection: Direct comparison of literary authors and modes of analysis.
Related Research Nodes
Study Subject
Themes
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