What's the Difference between Les Miserables the Book and Les Miserables the Movie?
Les Miserables Book vs Movie
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Grantaire is asleep throughout most of the conflict in the barricade, only waking up once the National Guard has cornered Enjolras. |
Grantaire is seen taking part in the earlier attacks. |
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Once Javert is freed by Valjean, he returns to the streets and does not revisit the barricade. |
Javert returns to the Rue de la Chanvrerie once the barricade has been captured, giving a medal to the dead Gavroche and seeing Valjean disappear into the sewers.
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Valjean encounters Thénardier at the end of his trek through the sewers, where the latter offers to open the way out in exchange for the money in Marius's pockets. |
Thénardier finds Valjean at the point where the latter fell into the sewers, and only tells him which way the exit is. |
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Thénardier cuts a strip of cloth from the unconscious Marius's coat. |
Thénardier takes a ring from Marius's hand.
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Javert happens to be situated outside the sewers when Valjean emerges, having tailed Thénardier to that point earlier, and does not initially recognise him. |
Javert is outside the sewers expressly waiting for Valjean when the latter emerges, recognising him immediately. |