Cosette, an unhappy childhood - Les Misérables - Hugo - School Edition for Junior High - Carrés classiques Nathan, Victor Hugo, Annie Le Fustec

Carrés Classiques Collège: Cosette, an Unhappy Childhood - Les Misérables

"As long as there is ignorance and misery on earth, books of the nature of this one may not be useless," writes Victor Hugo at the beginning of Les Misérables.
Through the tragic yet sublime fate of Jean Valjean, Fantine, and her daughter Cosette, your students will learn what sacrifices a mother makes, how the hardened heart of a convict opens to fatherhood, and under what circumstances an unhappy little girl discovers the joy of feeling loved.

Educational Objectives
- Discovering a major 19th-century novel through the story of one of its key characters.
- Analyzing Hugo's writing style.
- Shedding light on the values defended by V. Hugo.

Also recommended: Le Papa de Simon, by Maupassant.

Curriculum themes related to the title:
4th Grade - Fiction to question reality
3rd Grade - Denouncing societal flaws

Also recommended: Le Papa de Simon by Guy de Maupassant