L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace

Tis the season.

2.14 | Innocence

lie to me

Per the ancient custom, I will be blogging an approximately hourly "real time" update of what's happening in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables during the barricade sequence of June 4-7 (mostly June 5-6). In addition to the usual tags these will be tagged "Barricade Day in Real Time". I'm using my own timezone this year instead of Paris time (apologies to everyone who's ahead of me). If you'd prefer to see the whole thing in order, the full timeline is here.

Javert (Quastvert) at the barricade (Pt 1) - Les Mis 10th Anniversary Concert

will make the flowers grow….

This is a famous and extremely rare daguerreotype of the barricades on the Faubourg du Temple, captured in the early morning of June 25, 1848. Just look at how small these barricades are! They are certainly far from the monstrous barricades described by Hugo in 5.1.1. I suppose they are more like the ones people began to build on the morning of June 6, 1832 (as described in 5.1.13) and were quickly suppressed by the National Guard.

Sit still for a moment. Let yourself feel the calmness of the night. And remember: somewhere above, the Star is already rising.

I bet there's some stunning genius diva out there right now who meticulously coordinates her Victoria's Secret body mists with her vape flavors.

@barricadeday 2025: Do you permit it?

nothing, just meme-ing the two characters whose happiest moments were most likely their last