About two weeks ago, I went to Barnes and Noble and bought Les Misérables. Before reading, I decided that I wanted to annotate and look up words, concepts, people, etc. as I read.
Someone asked if it was a difficult read (so far), and I didn't quite know how to answer that, just because it both is and isn't. It's not a difficult read per se, but a slow one. I realize that's because I stop every 30 seconds to look something up, but to be honest, I have no idea how you would read this book without doing so? I'm a person that likes to have context, and I imagine others do as well. (But I hope that others stop to look things up for Les Mis).
I'm not too far in; while reading about Bishop Myriel, I was impatiently waiting for the introduction of Valjean. I looked ahead, and he doesn't show up for a good 70 or so pages - but I'm almost there. Though so far, I've had a good time learning about things like the 18 Brumaire, St. Benedict, and the class system. I consider this my off-track learning.
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