What's the Difference between Les Miserables the Book and Les Miserables the Movie?
Les Miserables Book vs Movie
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Thénardier and some members of Patron-Minette are imprisoned in La Force, and have to break out before attempting to rob Valjean's house. |
Thénardier is never imprisoned. |
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Marius is described as being covered in blood by the time he is taken away by Valjean, having been incapacitated by a shot that broke his collarbone. |
Marius is wounded, but appears comparatively unharmed.
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The dying Éponine tells Marius to stay with her quietly as she dies, hoping to not be seen by her brother Gavroche, and tells him to only look at Cosette's note after she dies. |
Éponine gives Cosette's note to Marius as soon as he notices her, and is seen dying by everyone at the barricade. |
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Marius's father, Col. Georges Pontmercy, was accidentally rescued from the battlefield of Waterloo by Thénardier (who was there to rob the dead), which led him and later Marius to hold Thénardier in some respect. This later comes into conflict when Marius sees Thénardier's kidnapping and attempted extortion of Valjean. |
The relationship between Marius and Thénardier is not clarified.
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Gavroche meets Valjean outside the Rue de l'Homme Armé to deliver Marius's message. |
Gavroche meets him in the stairwell inside the bulding. |