Terry Pratchett (was: Smell of Cabbage)

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "abigailnus" 
<abigailnus at y...> wrote:

> OK, I'll bite.  I've never seen Les Mis, how does Night Watch 
parallel it?
> 
> Abigail

I haven't read any authoritative analysis, but for me the 
insurrection in "Nightwatch" evoked the Paris commune of 1825, which 
is the historical context for Les Miserables.  Sam, Reg Shoe, Nobby 
and even vetenaria are the communards.  It is a loose association.  
Jean Valjean, Javert, Fantine, Cosette, etc. have no analogues in 
"Nightwatch", IMO.

Allow me to make a plug for another Yahoo! Group:  "Discworld 
Monthly", or DWM.  It isn't a message board, but a monthly 
neewsletter for fans of pTerry (Terry Pratchett, fyi). I highly 
recommend it.

-Haggridd