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The Strange Power of Les Mis, the Book

Victor Hugo's Hard-nosed Melodrama

Why the most dramatic parts of Les Misérables are also the most politically incisive.

 

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The New Essayists, or the Decline of a Form?

The essay as reality television

When writers such as David Sedaris write personal essays about their personas, they turn realism into reality television.

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