Les+Miserables

// [| Les Misérables] // [|Les Misérables Official Web Site] [|Les Misérables (the book) by Vicor Hugo (1862)] [|Les Misérables the 1998 film starring Liam Neesom, Geoffrey Rush, and Uma Thurman] [|Les Misérables the 2000 film starring Gerard Depardieu.] [|Les Misérables the 10th Anniversary Concert DVD]  We've worked on one song from //Les// Misérables. It is called [|Castle on a Cloud]. Hannah Chick plays the part of young Cosette in this performance.
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[|Cosette's] mother, [|Fantine], sings [|I Dreamed a Dream] in Act 1 of Les Misérables. Fantine is a tragic character. She dies very early the the story and she is very young. In this performance, [|Ruthie Henshall]is playing the part of Fantine. The performance is outstanding. Take a listen.
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Fantine's death. Jean Val Jean is at her side. She is dreaming about her daughter, Cosette. Jean Val Jean assures Fantine that he will care for Cosette. Fantine dies.
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[|On My Own]is sung by the character Eponine. She is the biological daughter of the Thenardier's, the inn-keepers/foster parents who cared for Cosette when she was a child and living in Montfermeil (see map below). Eponine is about the same age as Cosette. As the story unfolds Cosette grows up and falls in love with Marius - a student and counterrevolutionary. By this time in the story, the Thenardiers' have lost the inn they had owned and they, Cosette and Jean Val Jean, and Javert are all living at different places in Paris. As luck would have it, Eponine is in love with Marius as well. Eponine sings to herself about her love for Marius in the song //On My Own//. [|Lea Salonga] plays the part of Eponine in this performance.
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[|One Day More] from //Les// Misérables
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[|Do You Hear the People Sing?] from //Les// Misérables
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In the opening scene of //Les// Misérables, [|Jean Valjean], the leading character, is released from prison after serving a 19-year sentence for stealing a loaf of bread//.// The prison guard, [|Javert], would prove to be a grim nemesis to Jean Valjean throughout the story. The [|Overture] and [|Work Song] set the tone. In this recording [|Colm Wilkinson] plays the part of Jean Val Jean, and [|Philip Quast] plays Javert.
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Remember, with respect to Google maps, there is the '**street view**' feature. You can take a virtual walk around any of these towns in France. Click [|HERE] and a map will load. Zoom in and drop the yellow 'Peg Man' anywhere on the map and look around. Navigate using the arrows on your keyboard. Also, explore the 'user photos.' This box appears often when in 'street view' in the upper right hand corner of the map. They are supplemental pictures of the area you are viewing - contributed by other Google Map users.
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 * NOTE**: When beginning your virtual walk in 'street view' you might find it easier to simply type in the name of the town in the Google Maps [|search window] and click on 'search maps.' You will get a more precise starting point for your virtual walk if you approach it this way.


 * __Difficult words to pronounce:__**

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Places:

Toulon media type="file" key="Toulon.m4a"

[| Montfermeil] media type="file" key="Montfermeil.m4a"

[|Montreuil] media type="file" key="Montreuil.m4a"

Characters:

Jean Valjean media type="file" key="Jean Valjean.m4a"

Javert media type="file" key="Javert 1.m4a"

Thénardiers media type="file" key="Thénardiers.m4a" Éponine media type="file" key="Éponine.m4a"

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