What's the Difference between Les Miserables the Book and Les Miserables the Movie?
Les Miserables Book vs Movie
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Gavroche climbs over the barricade to gather ammunition from the dead during the second attack. |
Gavroche does so while there are National Guardsmen posted outside the barricade, who only attack once they see him. |
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Gavroche is killed by a single shot. |
Gavroche is shot twice, the first shot not being lethal.
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A cannonade is used by the National Guard against the barricade during the second attack, but proves ineffective. |
The cannons are brought out during the final battle, and thin the barricade out enough for the National Guard to invade it. |
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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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Valjean escapes into the sewers by way of a loose grating in the ground. |
Valjean enters the sewers through a grate found in a wall at the end of an alley. |