Les Misérables on Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène: “He read the Moniteur, he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire, the Memorial de Sainte-Helene, all the memoirs, all the newspapers, the bulletins, the proclamations; he devoured everything.”
Les Misérables on Les Marguerites de la Marguerite: “…were of the greatest rarity, among others, Les Quadrins Historiques de la Bible, edition of 1560; La Concordance des Bibles, by Pierre de Besse; Les Marguerites de la Marguerite, of Jean de La Haye, with a dedication to the Queen of Navarre; the book de la Charge et Dignite de l'Ambassadeur,…”
Les Misérables on Manon Lescaut: “Aspasia was a creature in whom two extremes of womanhood met; she was the goddess prostitute; Socrates plus Manon Lescaut.”
L'Homme qui Rit on Absalom and Achitophel: “"_Dryden is the greatest poet of England, and of the century_," said Atterbury, the translator of "Achitophel."”
L'Homme qui Rit on Paradise Lost: “It was about the time when M. Huet, Bishop of Avranches, wrote to Saumaise, who had done the author of "Paradise Lost" the honour to refute and abuse him, "_How can you trouble yourself about so mean a thing as that Milton?_"”