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The Paris sewers are actually interesting though (lemmy.world)

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[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Noooo! That’s an integral part of the beauty of Victor Hugo‘s writing! ❤️❤️VH❤️❤️ (except Notre Dame de Paris, that sucks)

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh I agree! It adds so much to have such detail about the time and location. It just makes me laugh that it seems a third of his page count (that I've read) is essays.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe he went the other way. He had a bunch of essays and wondered “what coherent story can I build out of this?”