What's the Difference between Les Miserables the Book and Les Miserables the Movie?
Les Miserables Book vs Movie
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Marius threatens to blow up the barricade with a gunpowder barrel during the first attack, uncaring of what will happen to him. |
Marius only attempts it as a desperate measure, not being shown to be suicidal. |
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Valjean buys the doll Catherine for Cosette after he sees Madame Thénardier raising a fuss over Cosette taking her daughters' doll. |
Valjean buys the doll for Cosette as a gift after taking her away from the Thénardiers.
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When Javert tells Valjean about Champmathieu being judged at Arras, Valjean makes a journey to the courts along which he encounters multiple hardships which partially encourage him to turn back, but he ends up pressing on at every occasion. When he arrives, he finds that only by a stroke of luck did he manage to get there before the trial was completed. |
A very short transition represents Valjean's journey to the Assizes. |
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Valjean confesses his true identity to Marius in order to avoid the risk of having it tarnish his and Cosette's wedding, leading to Marius mistrusting him. |
Valjean mentions his past to Marius, but the latter is not happy to see him go.
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A disguised Thénardier tricks and kidnaps Valjean, wanting to extort money from him for taking Cosette with the help of Patron-Minette, a gang of criminals, but is foiled at the last minute by Marius, who slips them a warning note in Éponine's handwriting, and Javert, whom Marius had warned earlier. |
All this happens on a street rather than the Gorbeau hovel, and it is Éponine herself who tries to warn them. |