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Les Miserables Research Paper

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I never thought I would be interested in Musical Theater. To me, it was all just unrealistic, jovial people inexplicably singing and dancing. In the seventh grade, my best friend conned me into joining a local production of Beauty and the Beast. From that moment on, I loved musical theater. The first broadway musical I ever saw was Les Miserables. It was airing on PBS for its 25th anniversary, and on a whim, I recorded it and ended up watching it again and again. The following year, for my freshman English class, we were assigned to pick a classic for our summer reading. Naturally, I chose Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. When selecting my book, I did little research. I saw Les Miserables surrounded by all the other unfamiliar titles, and it

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