A Miserable Year: Recent Episodes
Anthony Adler
Les Miserables has exactly 365 chapters and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one day by day over the course of 2018. Once a week he'll be joined by co-host Alison Edwards for a book club discussion of the thrills and devastation of the preceding seven chapters.
Strap in! It's going to be an excellent and miserable year.
In which Fantine suffers a reversal of fortune.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which Madeleine purchases a horse and cart.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which a carter suffers a misfortune.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we meet the indefatigable Inspector Javert.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we learn the fate of a dear old friend; and learn, in passing, yet another clue.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which Madeleine behaves like a pacifistic Batman.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we learn of the rise and rise of the enigmatic Madeleine.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which a familiar stranger comes to town.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we learn what happens to Cosette.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which our narrator casts shade at some other books.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which a gargantuan carriage rots by the side of an inn.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which Tholomoyés' surprise is finally revealed.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which Tholomoyés is providetially interrupted.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which Tholomoyés holds forth at some considerable length.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which Favourite expresses herself in a contradictory way.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we hear from the chief of the Paris police.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we hear a fairytale and a song.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which a gentleman remarks upon a pair of trousers.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we meet four young women and their swains.
Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which the scene is set.
Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which Valjean discovers a terrible change.
Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which the Bishop outdoes himself.
Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which a fateful thing occurs.
Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
Audiobook
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 17 for 'The Man Aroused,' in which Valjean is stirred to action.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 23 for 'New Troubles,' in which another robber occours.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 22 for 'Billows And Shadows,' in which Jean Valjean is all at sea.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 21 for 'The Interior of Despair,' in which Jean Valjean puts himself on trial.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 20 for 'Tranquility,' in which there is a menacing rumble.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 18 for 'Details Concerning The Cheese-Dairies Of Pontarlier,' in which the bishop gives his blessing.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 18 for 'Details Concerning The Cheese-Dairies Of Pontarlier,' in which a letter describes the scene.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 17 for 'The Heroism Of Passive Obedience,' in which dinner is served.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 16 for 'Prudence Counselled To Wisdom,' in which there is a portentous knock on a door.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 11 for 'The Evening Of A Day Of Walking,' in which we meet a man you may have heard of once before.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 14 for 'What He Thought,' in which we hear just one last word.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 13 for 'What He Believed,' in which the bishop meets a spider.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 12 for 'The Solitude of Monseigneur Welcome,' in which the feet of ducks make stars.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 11 for 'A Restriction,' in which the bishop does politics and two Napoleonic soldiers face the music.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 10 for 'The Bishop In The Presence Of An Unknown Light,' in which an octogenarian revolutionary sets the record straight.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 9 for 'The Brother As Depicted By The Sister,' in which Mademoiselle Baptistine is finally given a voice.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read them one by one and day by day throughout 2018. Join him on Day 8 for 'Philosophy After Drinking,' in which a senator gets 'slightly exhilarated' over dinner.
In which there is banditry, episcopal excitement, six-holed flutes, and a book club discussion of Book I Chapters 1-7 (with Alison Edwards).
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which the bishop attempts several placid jokes.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which Monseigneur Bienvenu produces some quite lovely marginalia.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
in which Monseigneur Bienvenu does quite a lot of bishoping.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we learn some interesting information about rural teachers' hats.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which the bishop settles in, moves house, and draws up some rather unusual accounts.
Les Miserables has 365 chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean?
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris
In which we hear about the Bishop's chequered past.
Les Miserables has three hundred and sixty five chapters, and Anthony Adler is going to read one of them every day over the course of 2018. Will he be crushed under the weight of this heroic task, or will he bear this mighty burden like Valjean
Text: Victor Hugo Translation: Isabel F. Hapgood Narration: Anthony Adler Music: Harry Harris