the-strangest-sea:

reading classic books becomes 100% better if you look for the hilarious little moments. like. i just finished les mis a few days ago and? it’s absolutely just hilarious?

• that time where victor hugo was just like “wrapping marius’ bandages was the LITERAL WORST because they hadn’t invented adhesive tape yet, wow sucks for them”
• valjean breaking into people’s houses to give them money
• that part where everyone sees valjean collecting his money from the woods and just assume he’s the devil
• the chapter title “marius becomes real enough to give cosette his address”
• the fact that during that chapter, cosette is like “marius, come to england with me!” and marius is like “buT I’M POOR AND ALL MY CLOTHES ARE SHABBY AND I OWE COURFEYRAC MONEY AND I CAN’T AFFORD A PASSPORT” so he goes and stands with his head against a tree for two hours while cosette sits next to him and cries
• and then he doesn’t just tell cosette his address. no, he chips it into the wall using a knife.
• that time where valjean accidentally broke into a convent, then had to break out of the convent, and in doing so, went via coffin because a nun had died and they secretly buried her in the convent but had to tell the authorities that they were totally burying her in the graveyard. totally. definitely not under the altar.
• then he almost got buried alive because fauchelevent’s bud the gravedigger just had to go and die and this new guy was all up-tight and like “noooo, i can’t go get a drink, i must bury this coffin”
• also the chapter title “deposit your money in some forest rather than with some notary” a.k.a. that time that valjean just casually made 600,000 francs and then just buried it in a forest for ten years