esteliel:From the press release of the Musée Carnavalet for their 2008 exposition “Pari
esteliel:From the press release of the Musée Carnavalet for their 2008 exposition “Paris au temps de Misérables de Victor Hugo”Just in case anyone else is as happy to find maps as I am, especially if those could be used for fic. I really really want more Gorbeau house Valvert fic - or fic about the chase, since that is such an exciting scene. (And I also have an idea for chase fic, but I also have 9 stories to write, so who knows when/if that will happen…) In any case, I thought I’d share this find because a map that shows just how Javert hunted Valjean and Cosette from the Gorbeau tenement to the convent makes me very happy and will hopefully give someone else that “I need fic/art for this” feeling. You cannot tell me that there isn’t a ton of potential in this:The time for retreating was passed. That which he had perceived in movement an instant before, in the distant darkness, was Javert and his squad without a doubt. Javert was probably already at the commencement of the street at whose end Jean Valjean stood. Javert, to all appearances, was acquainted with this little labyrinth, and had taken his precautions by sending one of his men to guard the exit. These surmises, which so closely resembled proofs, whirled suddenly, like a handful of dust caught up by an unexpected gust of wind, through Jean Valjean’s mournful brain. He examined the Cul-de-Sac Genrot; there he was cut off. He examined the Rue Petit-Picpus; there stood a sentinel. He saw that black form standing out in relief against the white pavement, illuminated by the moon; to advance was to fall into this man’s hands; to retreat was to fling himself into Javert’s arms. Jean Valjean felt himself caught, as in a net, which was slowly contracting; he gazed heavenward in despair. (Les Misérables 2.5.3) -- source link
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