#LesMisReadalong on Twitter: Week 7 Highlights and a Les Mis Podcast

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It’s been seven weeks since we started the Les Misérables Chapter-a-Day Read-along, and the discussion on Twitter is more interesting than ever. Several people are exploring the background of the book and its author Victor Hugo, and they’re sharing their discoveries with the rest of us. Others are tweeting about the reading experience and how it’s affecting them. You can check out the conversation at #LesMisReadalong. You don’t even need a Twitter account to follow along.

For those of you who may have missed it on Twitter, Briana Lewis has begun the Les Misérables Reading Companion Podcast. Briana is “Associate Professor of French at Allegheny College. I’ve been teaching, researching, and writing on Victor Hugo and Les Misérables since the mid-’00s. I’ve been podcasting since…. just now, when I started this podcast. ” Briana plans on 60 episodes and is currently on episode 8. I’ve listened to about half of episode 8, but I’m very impressed with what I’ve heard so far. Not only is the commentary interesting and relevant, but Briana also provides extras like a Google map of locations in the novel. Plus, you can hear how the names of places and names are actually pronounced! I especially appreciate that Briana is keeping the commentary spoiler-free.

I find it a wonderful instance of what Hugo calls Providence that Briana’s podcast coincides with our chapter-a-day read-along. Be sure to give it a listen. Each episode is about 35-40 minutes long, and you can listen to it on the web, on iTunes, on Stitcher, or on Google Play.

And now, here’s the roundup of some of last week’s tweets:

 

Deacon Nick

Nick Senger is a husband, a father of four, a Roman Catholic deacon and a Catholic school principal. He taught junior high literature and writing for over 25 years, and has been a Catholic school educator since 1990. In 2001 he was named a Distinguished Teacher of the Year by the National Catholic Education Association.

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