gauzythreads:Grantaire’s Preliminary Gayeties speech, taken from Hugo’s handwritten manuscript (foun
gauzythreads:Grantaire’s Preliminary Gayeties speech, taken from Hugo’s handwritten manuscript (found here). He made some fairly hefty revisions while writing out this draft - the first section of the speech originally had the ”On s’y évertue, on s’y destitue, on s’y prostitue, on s’y tue, on s’y habitue!“ line that now closes the speech, and the ”Oh what eagles! I have the flesh of a chicken.” line appears to have been added as an afterthought!I’m almost certain there’s a bunch more fascinating stuff to be found in there, especially in the crossed out parts, but my limited french (and Hugo’s slightly illegible handwriting) are kind of hampering me at the moment. If any French speakers would be interested in doing some linguistic detective work with me on this that. would. be. rad. Otherwise, enjoy! -- source link