In addition to all the crap I've put up about the Amis, Allem's annotated version of Les Misérables also included some sparse information on Javert: two or three deleted passages and a bunch of rewrites of his attempted resignation in Madeleine's office. I'll have to go over those and see if they're different enough to be worth transcribing (they' ( Read more... )

And you thought I wouldn't be doing any more translations of the deleted Brickbits, did you?

( Tholomyès is involved in a scandal, English version )

Because two GIPs within such a short space of time is just rude, here, have some more Hugo-rambling. Fifth section of the prostitution digression; eight pages left to transcribe, and I have to return this sucker to the library before I leave. Which will hopefully be tomorrow ( Read more... )

Because procrastination is fun, transcribed more Hugo. Is anyone reading this, honestly? Shall I tempt you by saying Hugo refers to Byron and Lacenaire in this installment? Aie. (Also, I would love to see him get into a bitchfight with Nietzsche. Like, I'd pay to see that. 'Specially considering the section after this one, which I will ( Read more... )

It's that tiiiime again.

( Hugo rambles on prostitution, Part III: Now with extra allusions! )

More transcription of the deleted digression on prostitution. Skip if you don't read French, because I'm not translating any of it til later. (If you had any idea how many times my computer crashed while I was writing this and LJ ate the saved draft...!)

( Hugo, you long-winded bastard you )

Had a brief tussle with the library today over my shiny annotated LM. They claimed it was massively late, I told them I'd had no notification of due dates (I hadn't), etc etc etc. And finally they struck the fine and let me renew it. Yay! Though it does kind of remind me that my time with the Shiny is limited, and I'd best get transcribing. :D ( Read more... )

More deleted material from the Brick! This time the first part of a very long digression on prostitution that would originally have appeared in the volume "Marius," book "Patron-Minette," chapter four. Except that Hugo, being Hugo, takes his time getting on the subject of prostitution, and introduces the essay with an explanation of certain ( Read more... )

Les Amis, reconnoitering a bit before the émeute, run into Patron-Minette in an abandoned quarry. Sounds like a bad fanfiction, doesn't it?

( I promised, and here it is. Excerpts from Allem's annotated Brick, part one. )