One-year reading schedule

Did you know that Les Misérables is made up of exactly 365 chapters?

That makes it the perfect book for a one-year, chapter-a-day read -- a great goal for a New Year's resolution, if you're into that, or a manageable strategy for getting through this admittedly long book.

Below, you'll find a calendar of what that would look like, including listening to these podcast episodes as you read, which you'd do every few days (just over 6, on average) if you keep to this schedule.

I've included the Part, Book, and Chapter titles, first as Hugo wrote them in French, and then in the widely accessible (and public domain) translation by Isabel Hapgood. This is not to suggest that this is the best translation, or the one you'll most enjoy -- on the contrary, it's likely to feel a bit old-fashioned, and there are choices she made even here in the chapter titles that are not the ones I'd make! -- but I provide them just to help you keep your place in your chosen edition. 

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