There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of b…

Victor Hugo
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult

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