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Les Mis: Parenthesis

"Contemplation leads to action"

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Jeremy Anderberg
May 18, 2026
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Victor Hugo. Do his digressions make you feel like this at times?

Hello readers,

This week’s reading remarkably short in terms of page count, but gave us a bit more to think about on a philosophical level. The very title of this short book told us we were in for even more digression (we’re back with Valjean and Cosette this week, thankfully), but it had …

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