Les Mis‘ Philosophy

Victor Hugo spends 1/3 of Les Mis with the plot, 1/3 with French history, and 1/3 with philosophical and political commentary. I suspected his position throughout the first half, but he came right out in the second half and claimed that universal suffrage — the end of revolution — will end war and political violence. Wow.

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