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Mon Dec-22-03 02:09 PM
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23. The unabridged "Les Miserables"

1600 pages, and every one worth it.

All of the abridged versions are weaker, as are the movies and plays. They either turn it into a romance, a revolutionary tale, a chase story, or some such element of it.

But for characters, moral compass, and one hell of a defense of liberalism, it is the best book ever written. With all due respect to Alice Walker and Harper Lee.

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