With trepidation I am immensely looking forward to the Les Miserables film. For the moment, the greatest song in it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6VMj7x-GwI8#t=450s
If you have not yet done so, read the original book by Victor Hugo, preferably in the magnificent Everyman’s Library edition. You have no idea what the defence of reason and human progress can mean until you’ve read Victor Hugo.
