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Little language post for Les Mis Letters 1.3.6: A Chapter in Which They Adore Each Other

Towards the end of the chapter Favourite says: “I have the spleen, as the English say...” (the word “spleen” here is written in English in the French text)

This is a reference to humorism, a medicinal theory that lasted into the 1800s, the most famous model of which was founded on the concept of the “four humors.” The spleen was the organ associated with “black bile” and a melancholic temperament. To “have the spleen” meant that you had an excess of this humor and were afflicted with feelings of melancholy- that you were in a bad mood, had the blues, were down in the dumps.

I had a professor of medieval French literature who posited that it was not uncommon to see characters afflicted with melancholy seeking out water or bodies of water, as the prevailing thought at the time was that an excess of a humor (in this case black bile, which has dry and cold “qualities”), could be remedied with exposure to the opposite qualities.

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I really respect Favourite's commitment to being a fucking liar

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Dahlia, still eating, whispered to Favourite through the hubbub, “Are you really so fond of your Blacheville, then?”

“I detest him,” answered Favourite, in the same tone, lifting her fork, “He’s stingy; I’m in love with the boy across the street from me. He’s so nice; do you know him? Anybody can see he was born to be an actor! I love actors. The moment he comes in, his mother hollers, ‘Oh, dear! My peace of mind is ruined. My boy, you are such a trial!’ Just because he goes into the attic among the rats, into the dark corners, as high as he can, and sings and carries on -- How do I know? They can hear him downstairs! He gets twenty sous a day already by writing some stupidities for an attorney. He’s the son of an old choir member of Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas! Oh, he’s so nice! He adores me so that one day, watching me make dough for pancake batter he said: ‘Mamselle, make your gloves into fritters and I’ll eat them.’ Nobody but artists can say things like that. I’m going crazy about this boy. No matter, I’ll tell Blacheville that I adore him. How I lie! Oh, how I lie!”

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Round 1 Stage 3 Poll 6

Nogvurot vs. Kamordah

Nogvurot, Wildemount

Kamordah, Wildemount

Voting ended onAug 26, 2023

Nogvurot, Wildemount: Nogvurot is a city in the north of the Dwendalian Empire. While Mollymauk Tealeaf and Yasha Nydoorin were members, the Fletching and Moondrop Traveling Carnival of Curiosities visited. Later, the Mighty Nein heard rumours of kidnappings in Nogvurot, but they never went to the city.

image from the mighty nein origins: mollymauk tealeaf, by hunter severn bonyun and cathy le

Kamordah, Wildemount: Kamordah is a Dwendalian town built on a hotspot of geothermal activity. It is known for its wine. The Mighty Nein’s Beauregard Lionett is from Kamordah, and the party visited once while trying to break a curse.

image from crit recap animated

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Brickclub: 1.3.6

This chapter title is a pun, and I totally didn’t even realize until I noticed different editions translated it differently. Most of the ones I have go for a variation of ‘Chapter in which lovers adore’ (Donougher, and a really clunky translation, frankly), but Wilbour goes for ‘Chapter of self-admiration.’ The French is ‘Chapitre où l'on s'adore.’ “On” in French gets used both as a sort of less formal we (not in a tu/vous sense of formality, but more in a sentence structure one, if that makes any sense -- it’s discouraged in formal writing but not incorrect) but also in the way that, in English, we would use the pronoun ‘one.’ So this is simultaneously the chapter in which we love each other, and the chapter in which one loves oneself. Clever, Hugo, clever.

And sure enough, as only fitting for a chapter beginning with a pun, this chapter is all about saying one thing while meaning another. Favourite is flirting with her student, buttering him up and playing her part to perfection, while actually despising him. Blachevelle, meanwhile, pretty clearly only likes being complimented, and is perfectly willing to accept that this smart, witty, beautiful woman adores him. And then Favourite, in an aside to another beautiful young woman, strips clean the artifice of it all and, by extension, the artifice of this whole lovely day they’ve had.

Which is interesting, because Hugo’s been subtly commenting on the artifice of it all day. It’s a day of eternal dawn. It’s a day in which they go and self-consciously do all the tourist things. Dahlia and Zephine walk together, less out of friendship and more because it sets off their respective complexions. Tholomyes is dictatorial in his gaiety. And now Favourite is blatantly trying to get as much as possible out of Blachevelle by flirting. Hugo’s been building this theme up all chapter so that he can get to the biggest reveal of all, namely the one that this whole entire day has been artificial, and that the boys are about to leave without any kind of goodbye or parting gift, despite what they promised. None of any of this has been real.

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