#LesMisReadalong on Twitter: Week 1

We’ve almost finished the first week of the Les Misérables Chapter-a-Day Read-along, and the Twitter conversation about the opening few chapters has been amazing. Readers are using the hashtag #LesMisReadalong to chronicle their reading experience, share their knowledge, and support each other in their literary journey. But if you don’t have a Twitter account, not to worry. This post is a sampling of some of the tweets from this past week that caught my attention. And I’ll have a new read-along post on Monday that will feature that humble, generous clergyman, the Bishop of Digne.

If you’ve not signed up for the Les Misérables Chapter-a-Day Read-along, it’s definitely not too late. We’re only getting started! You don’t have to have a Twitter account or a blog, you only need an unabridged copy of Les Misérables. To join, visit the sign-up page and leave a comment (or a link if you have your own blog), download the reading schedule, and catch up to us when you can.

And now, a highlight of this week’s Les Mis tweets:

Just decided to do this #LesMisReadAlong. Gearing up for revolution & songs of angry men & epic battles between moral absolutism & moral relativism & class warfare & prostitution/death/despair/hope…much more fun to get it from a book than the news! https://t.co/MYNIS6q7C0

— Katrina Swenson (@KS_scribbles) January 1, 2018

Well I've done it! I've "read" Chapter One of Les Mis en français. It was exhausting, my brain hurts. And when I say "read" I mean stumbled through reading aloud with my English translation on my knee. #LesMisReadalong pic.twitter.com/4652Y5ekui

— AStrongBeliefWicker She/her 5 x VAXX 📚🤷‍♀️ (@AStrongBelief) January 2, 2018

https://twitter.com/burns_nancy/status/948123145092976641

https://twitter.com/bronasbooks/status/948689026701189120

Vol 1, Book 1, Chapter 4: Deeds to Match Words – I love this humility from the Bishop, whom Magloire liked to call "Your Highness": "‘Madame Magloire,’ he said, ‘bring me a chair. My Highness falls short of that shelf.’" #LesMisReadalong

— Nick Senger (@nsenger) January 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/bronasbooks/status/949178383782457344

https://twitter.com/bronasbooks/status/949183435922333697

Which English translation is best? I chose the old Wilbour version, which was roughly contemporaneous with the French publication. Here's a helpful comparison with other major versions, courtesy of @bronasbooks. #LesMisReadalong pic.twitter.com/A08h787qXz

— Rick Barry 📚 (@RickBarry44) January 5, 2018

"The beautiful is as useful as the useful… perhaps more so." The Bishop of Digne in Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables #amreading #lesmisreadalong

— Russell B Smith (@possiblehorizon) January 5, 2018

I'm having a major difficulty with #LesMisReadalong! I'm really loving it, perhaps a little too much, and so I'm finding it nearly impossible to hold myself to just one chapter a day.

— AStrongBeliefWicker She/her 5 x VAXX 📚🤷‍♀️ (@AStrongBelief) January 6, 2018