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February 9, 2010
This week's story:Well, from the land of squashed skunks lying along the country roads (don't ask), we are back this week with another great "Living Book for the Ears" program for you...The Bishop's Candlesticks
from the novel "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo"The Bishop's Candlesticks" dramatizes a portion of Victor Hugo's classic novel, Les Misérables. Jean ValJean has spent 19 years in the galley for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's children. Five years for burglary and 14 years for attempting to escape. With a yellow passport that marked his criminal past, Jean has roamed from town to town looking for work, only to have doors shut in his face. We hear the rumors as the gossip grows in Digne that labels Jean a thief, then a madman and finally blossoms into a murderer.
However, the Bishop of Digne has no lock on his door. Though he is warned by his friends that he should secure his door against Jean, the bishop says, "This is not my house, but the house of the Lord..." When Jean comes, the Bishop greets him and welcomes him into his home. Jean is taken aback. He distrusts everyone because of their cruel treatment of him. The Bishop offers Jean a seat at his table (upon which sits two valuable silver candlesticks), and a good night's rest in his own room. But that night as he lays upon his bed, Jean struggles with thoughts of his own poverty, and determines to steal the candlesticks for himself... This wonderful dramatization of one of the pivotal parts of Hugo's Les Miserables is a great story of grace and redemption that your family will long remember. This program originally aired on Family Theater in 1952.
And if you enjoy this week's program, you'll LOVE this great new resource:
Les Misérables Audio Study SetVictor Hugo's Les Misérables (translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims) is an epic novel by French author Victor Hugo, and is among the best-known novels of the 19th century. This classic tale follows the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean, during the period just after the French Revolution, as he seeks redemption from an unjust past by adopting the little servant girl, Cosette. In 1937, Orson Welles wrote, produced, and directed this great seven-part adaptation for radio station WOR. Welles plays the part of Valjean as well as narrator in this wonderful, gripping "Living Book for the Ears" audio dramatization. A "must hear"!
Included in this downloadable collection are all seven half hour episodes of the 1937 dramatization of Les Misérables (in great sound quality) plus Eight PDF Listening & Discussion Guides in PDF format. As a bonus, we are also including this week's Family Theatre adaptation of "The Bishop's Candlesticks" with an extra PDF Listening Guide for that episode as well. Over 4 hours of great listening, + easy-to-use lesson guides make this a wonderful and memorable study of this classic "living book" for your students! To order the complete Les Misérables Audio Study Set for just $10, click here.
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