Les Misérables | Ideas for Group Discussion

Victor Hugo's Les Miserables remains among the best loved novels of all time. Playing out the essential human drama and dealing with moral conflicts regarding truth, love, loyalty, and honor, it also paints a vivid picture of France during one of the most compelling periods in that nation's history.

1. Investigate current prison conditions in the United States and compare today's prison experience to Valjean's as described in the novel.

2. Consider the ethical issues surrounding imprisonment that the novel raises in book two, chapter seven ("The Inwardness of...

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