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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Les Misérables, VVolume 3: Marius, Book First: Paris Studied in its Atom, Chapter 5: His Frontiers&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; (Tome 3: Marius, Livre premier: Paris étudié dans...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Les Mis&amp;amp;eacute;rables, VVolume 3: Marius, Book First: Paris Studied in its Atom, Chapter 5: His Frontiers&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Tome 3: Marius, Livre premier: Paris &amp;amp;eacute;tudi&amp;amp;eacute; dans son atome, Chapitre 5: Ses fronti&amp;amp;egrave;res)&lt;br /&gt;
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==General notes on this chapter==&lt;br /&gt;
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==French text==&lt;br /&gt;
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Le gamin aime la ville, il aime aussi la solitude, ayant du sage en lui.&lt;br /&gt;
''Urbis amator'', comme Fuscus; ''ruris amator'', comme Flaccus.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Errer songeant, c'est-&amp;amp;agrave;-dire fl&amp;amp;acirc;ner, est un bon emploi du temps pour le&lt;br /&gt;
philosophe; particuli&amp;amp;egrave;rement dans cette esp&amp;amp;egrave;ce de campagne un peu&lt;br /&gt;
b&amp;amp;acirc;tarde, assez laide, mais bizarre et compos&amp;amp;eacute;e de deux natures, qui&lt;br /&gt;
entoure certaines grandes villes, notamment Paris. Observer la banlieue,&lt;br /&gt;
c'est observer l'amphibie. Fin des arbres, commencement des toits, fin&lt;br /&gt;
de l'herbe, commencement du pav&amp;amp;eacute;, fin des sillons, commencement des&lt;br /&gt;
boutiques, fin des orni&amp;amp;egrave;res, commencement des passions, fin du murmure&lt;br /&gt;
divin, commencement de la rumeur humaine; de l&amp;amp;agrave; un int&amp;amp;eacute;r&amp;amp;ecirc;t&lt;br /&gt;
extraordinaire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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De l&amp;amp;agrave;, dans ces lieux peu attrayants, et marqu&amp;amp;eacute;s &amp;amp;agrave; jamais par le passant&lt;br /&gt;
de l'&amp;amp;eacute;pith&amp;amp;egrave;te: ''triste'', les promenades, en apparence sans but, du&lt;br /&gt;
songeur.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Celui qui &amp;amp;eacute;crit ces lignes a &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; longtemps r&amp;amp;ocirc;deur de barri&amp;amp;egrave;res &amp;amp;agrave; Paris,&lt;br /&gt;
et c'est pour lui une source de souvenirs profonds. Ce gazon ras, ces&lt;br /&gt;
sentiers pierreux, cette craie, ces marnes, ces pl&amp;amp;acirc;tres, ces &amp;amp;acirc;pres&lt;br /&gt;
monotonies des friches et des jach&amp;amp;egrave;res, les plants de primeurs des&lt;br /&gt;
mara&amp;amp;icirc;chers aper&amp;amp;ccedil;us tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup dans un fond, ce m&amp;amp;eacute;lange du sauvage et du&lt;br /&gt;
bourgeois, ces vastes recoins d&amp;amp;eacute;serts o&amp;amp;ugrave; les tambours de la garnison&lt;br /&gt;
tiennent bruyamment &amp;amp;eacute;cole et font une sorte de b&amp;amp;eacute;gayement de la&lt;br /&gt;
bataille, ces th&amp;amp;eacute;ba&amp;amp;iuml;des le jour, coupe-gorge la nuit, le moulin&lt;br /&gt;
d&amp;amp;eacute;gingand&amp;amp;eacute; qui tourne au vent, les roues d'extraction des carri&amp;amp;egrave;res, les&lt;br /&gt;
guinguettes au coin des cimeti&amp;amp;egrave;res, le charme myst&amp;amp;eacute;rieux des grands murs&lt;br /&gt;
sombres coupant carr&amp;amp;eacute;ment d'immenses terrains vagues inond&amp;amp;eacute;s de soleil&lt;br /&gt;
et pleins de papillons, tout cela l'attirait.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Presque personne sur la terre ne conna&amp;amp;icirc;t ces lieux singuliers, la&lt;br /&gt;
Glaci&amp;amp;egrave;re, la Cunette, le hideux mur de Grenelle tigr&amp;amp;eacute; de balles, le&lt;br /&gt;
Mont-Parnasse, la Fosse-aux-Loups, les Aubiers sur la berge de la Marne,&lt;br /&gt;
Montsouris, la Tombe-Issoire, la Pierre-Plate de Ch&amp;amp;acirc;tillon o&amp;amp;ugrave; il y a une&lt;br /&gt;
vieille carri&amp;amp;egrave;re &amp;amp;eacute;puis&amp;amp;eacute;e qui ne sert plus qu'&amp;amp;agrave; faire pousser des&lt;br /&gt;
champignons, et que ferme &amp;amp;agrave; fleur de terre une trappe en planches&lt;br /&gt;
pourries. La campagne de Rome est une id&amp;amp;eacute;e, la banlieue de Paris en est&lt;br /&gt;
une autre; ne voir dans ce que nous offre un horizon rien que des&lt;br /&gt;
champs, des maisons ou des arbres, c'est rester &amp;amp;agrave; la surface; tous les&lt;br /&gt;
aspects des choses sont des pens&amp;amp;eacute;es de Dieu. Le lieu o&amp;amp;ugrave; une plaine fait&lt;br /&gt;
sa jonction avec une ville est toujours empreint d'on ne sait quelle&lt;br /&gt;
m&amp;amp;eacute;lancolie p&amp;amp;eacute;n&amp;amp;eacute;trante. La nature et l'humanit&amp;amp;eacute; vous y parlent &amp;amp;agrave; la fois.&lt;br /&gt;
Les originalit&amp;amp;eacute;s locales y apparaissent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Quiconque a err&amp;amp;eacute; comme nous dans ces solitudes contigu&amp;amp;euml;s &amp;amp;agrave; nos faubourgs&lt;br /&gt;
qu'on pourrait nommer les limbes de Paris, y a entrevu &amp;amp;ccedil;&amp;amp;agrave; et l&amp;amp;agrave;, &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
l'endroit le plus abandonn&amp;amp;eacute;, au moment le plus inattendu, derri&amp;amp;egrave;re une&lt;br /&gt;
haie maigre ou dans l'angle d'un mur lugubre, des enfants, group&amp;amp;eacute;s&lt;br /&gt;
tumultueusement, f&amp;amp;eacute;tides, boueux, poudreux, d&amp;amp;eacute;penaill&amp;amp;eacute;s, h&amp;amp;eacute;riss&amp;amp;eacute;s, qui&lt;br /&gt;
jouent &amp;amp;agrave; la pigoche couronn&amp;amp;eacute;s de bleuets. Ce sont tous les petits&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;chapp&amp;amp;eacute;s des familles pauvres. Le boulevard ext&amp;amp;eacute;rieur est leur milieu&lt;br /&gt;
respirable; la banlieue leur appartient. Ils y font une &amp;amp;eacute;ternelle &amp;amp;eacute;cole&lt;br /&gt;
buissonni&amp;amp;egrave;re. Ils y chantent ing&amp;amp;eacute;nument leur r&amp;amp;eacute;pertoire de chansons&lt;br /&gt;
malpropres. Ils sont l&amp;amp;agrave;, ou pour mieux dire, ils existent l&amp;amp;agrave;, loin de&lt;br /&gt;
tout regard, dans la douce clart&amp;amp;eacute; de mai ou de juin, agenouill&amp;amp;eacute;s autour&lt;br /&gt;
d'un trou dans la terre, chassant des billes avec le pouce, se disputant&lt;br /&gt;
des liards, irresponsables, envol&amp;amp;eacute;s, l&amp;amp;acirc;ch&amp;amp;eacute;s, heureux; et, d&amp;amp;egrave;s qu'ils&lt;br /&gt;
vous aper&amp;amp;ccedil;oivent, ils se souviennent qu'ils ont une industrie, et qu'il&lt;br /&gt;
leur faut gagner leur vie, et ils vous offrent &amp;amp;agrave; vendre un vieux bas de&lt;br /&gt;
laine plein de hannetons ou une touffe de lilas. Ces rencontres&lt;br /&gt;
d'enfants &amp;amp;eacute;tranges sont une des gr&amp;amp;acirc;ces charmantes, et en m&amp;amp;ecirc;me temps&lt;br /&gt;
poignantes, des environs de Paris.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Quelquefois, dans ces tas de gar&amp;amp;ccedil;ons, il y a des petites&lt;br /&gt;
filles,&amp;amp;mdash;sont-ce leurs s&amp;amp;oelig;urs?&amp;amp;mdash;presque jeunes filles, maigres,&lt;br /&gt;
fi&amp;amp;eacute;vreuses, gant&amp;amp;eacute;es de h&amp;amp;acirc;le, marqu&amp;amp;eacute;es de taches de rousseur, coiff&amp;amp;eacute;es&lt;br /&gt;
d'&amp;amp;eacute;pis de seigle et de coquelicots, gaies, hagardes, pieds nus. On en&lt;br /&gt;
voit qui mangent des cerises dans les bl&amp;amp;eacute;s. Le soir on les entend rire.&lt;br /&gt;
Ces groupes, chaudement &amp;amp;eacute;clair&amp;amp;eacute;s de la pleine lumi&amp;amp;egrave;re de midi ou&lt;br /&gt;
entrevus dans le cr&amp;amp;eacute;puscule, occupent longtemps le songeur, et ces&lt;br /&gt;
visions se m&amp;amp;ecirc;lent &amp;amp;agrave; son r&amp;amp;ecirc;ve.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Paris, centre, la banlieue, circonf&amp;amp;eacute;rence; voil&amp;amp;agrave; pour ces enfants toute&lt;br /&gt;
la terre. Jamais ils ne se hasardent au del&amp;amp;agrave;. Ils ne peuvent pas plus&lt;br /&gt;
sortir de l'atmosph&amp;amp;egrave;re parisienne que les poissons ne peuvent sortir de&lt;br /&gt;
l'eau. Pour eux, &amp;amp;agrave; deux lieues des barri&amp;amp;egrave;res, il n'y a plus rien. Ivry,&lt;br /&gt;
Gentilly, Arcueil, Belleville, Aubervilliers, M&amp;amp;eacute;nilmontant&lt;br /&gt;
Choisy-le-Roi, Billancourt, Meudon, Issy, Vanves, S&amp;amp;egrave;vres, Puteaux,&lt;br /&gt;
Neuilly, Gennevilliers, Colombes, Romainville, Chatou, Asni&amp;amp;egrave;res,&lt;br /&gt;
Bougival, Nanterre, Enghien, Noisy-le-Sec, Nogent, Gournay, Drancy,&lt;br /&gt;
Gonesse, c'est l&amp;amp;agrave; que finit l'univers.&lt;br /&gt;
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==English text==&lt;br /&gt;
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The gamin loves the city, he also loves solitude, since he has something&lt;br /&gt;
of the sage in him. Urbis amator, like Fuscus; ruris amator, like Flaccus.&lt;br /&gt;
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To roam thoughtfully about, that is to say, to lounge, is a fine&lt;br /&gt;
employment of time in the eyes of the philosopher; particularly in that&lt;br /&gt;
rather illegitimate species of campaign, which is tolerably ugly but odd&lt;br /&gt;
and composed of two natures, which surrounds certain great cities, notably&lt;br /&gt;
Paris. To study the suburbs is to study the amphibious animal. End of the&lt;br /&gt;
trees, beginning of the roofs; end of the grass, beginning of the&lt;br /&gt;
pavements; end of the furrows, beginning of the shops, end of the&lt;br /&gt;
wheel-ruts, beginning of the passions; end of the divine murmur, beginning&lt;br /&gt;
of the human uproar; hence an extraordinary interest.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hence, in these not very attractive places, indelibly stamped by the&lt;br /&gt;
passing stroller with the epithet: melancholy, the apparently objectless&lt;br /&gt;
promenades of the dreamer.&lt;br /&gt;
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He who writes these lines has long been a prowler about the barriers of&lt;br /&gt;
Paris, and it is for him a source of profound souvenirs. That close-shaven&lt;br /&gt;
turf, those pebbly paths, that chalk, those pools, those harsh monotonies&lt;br /&gt;
of waste and fallow lands, the plants of early market-garden suddenly&lt;br /&gt;
springing into sight in a bottom, that mixture of the savage and the&lt;br /&gt;
citizen, those vast desert nooks where the garrison drums practise&lt;br /&gt;
noisily, and produce a sort of lisping of battle, those hermits by day and&lt;br /&gt;
cut-throats by night, that clumsy mill which turns in the wind, the&lt;br /&gt;
hoisting-wheels of the quarries, the tea-gardens at the corners of the&lt;br /&gt;
cemeteries; the mysterious charm of great, sombre walls squarely&lt;br /&gt;
intersecting immense, vague stretches of land inundated with sunshine and&lt;br /&gt;
full of butterflies,&amp;amp;mdash;all this attracted him.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is hardly any one on earth who is not acquainted with those singular&lt;br /&gt;
spots, the Glaciere, the Cunette, the hideous wall of Grenelle all&lt;br /&gt;
speckled with balls, Mont-Parnasse, the Fosse-aux-Loups, Aubiers on the&lt;br /&gt;
bank of the Marne, Mont-Souris, the Tombe-Issoire, the Pierre-Plate de&lt;br /&gt;
Chatillon, where there is an old, exhausted quarry which no longer serves&lt;br /&gt;
any purpose except to raise mushrooms, and which is closed, on a level&lt;br /&gt;
with the ground, by a trap-door of rotten planks. The campagna of Rome is&lt;br /&gt;
one idea, the banlieue of Paris is another; to behold nothing but fields,&lt;br /&gt;
houses, or trees in what a stretch of country offers us, is to remain on&lt;br /&gt;
the surface; all aspects of things are thoughts of God. The spot where a&lt;br /&gt;
plain effects its junction with a city is always stamped with a certain&lt;br /&gt;
piercing melancholy. Nature and humanity both appeal to you at the same&lt;br /&gt;
time there. Local originalities there make their appearance.&lt;br /&gt;
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Any one who, like ourselves, has wandered about in these solitudes&lt;br /&gt;
contiguous to our faubourgs, which may be designated as the limbos of&lt;br /&gt;
Paris, has seen here and there, in the most desert spot, at the most&lt;br /&gt;
unexpected moment, behind a meagre hedge, or in the corner of a lugubrious&lt;br /&gt;
wall, children grouped tumultuously, fetid, muddy, dusty, ragged,&lt;br /&gt;
dishevelled, playing hide-and-seek, and crowned with corn-flowers. All of&lt;br /&gt;
them are little ones who have made their escape from poor families. The&lt;br /&gt;
outer boulevard is their breathing space; the suburbs belong to them.&lt;br /&gt;
There they are eternally playing truant. There they innocently sing their&lt;br /&gt;
repertory of dirty songs. There they are, or rather, there they exist, far&lt;br /&gt;
from every eye, in the sweet light of May or June, kneeling round a hole&lt;br /&gt;
in the ground, snapping marbles with their thumbs, quarrelling over&lt;br /&gt;
half-farthings, irresponsible, volatile, free and happy; and, no sooner do&lt;br /&gt;
they catch sight of you than they recollect that they have an industry,&lt;br /&gt;
and that they must earn their living, and they offer to sell you an old&lt;br /&gt;
woollen stocking filled with cockchafers, or a bunch of lilacs. These&lt;br /&gt;
encounters with strange children are one of the charming and at the same&lt;br /&gt;
time poignant graces of the environs of Paris.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sometimes there are little girls among the throng of boys,&amp;amp;mdash;are they&lt;br /&gt;
their sisters?&amp;amp;mdash;who are almost young maidens, thin, feverish, with&lt;br /&gt;
sunburnt hands, covered with freckles, crowned with poppies and ears of&lt;br /&gt;
rye, gay, haggard, barefooted. They can be seen devouring cherries among&lt;br /&gt;
the wheat. In the evening they can be heard laughing. These groups, warmly&lt;br /&gt;
illuminated by the full glow of midday, or indistinctly seen in the&lt;br /&gt;
twilight, occupy the thoughtful man for a very long time, and these&lt;br /&gt;
visions mingle with his dreams.&lt;br /&gt;
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Paris, centre, banlieue, circumference; this constitutes all the earth to&lt;br /&gt;
those children. They never venture beyond this. They can no more escape&lt;br /&gt;
from the Parisian atmosphere than fish can escape from the water. For&lt;br /&gt;
them, nothing exists two leagues beyond the barriers: Ivry, Gentilly,&lt;br /&gt;
Arcueil, Belleville, Aubervilliers, Menilmontant, Choisy-le-Roi,&lt;br /&gt;
Billancourt, Mendon, Issy, Vanvre, Sevres, Puteaux, Neuilly,&lt;br /&gt;
Gennevilliers, Colombes, Romainville, Chatou, Asnieres, Bougival,&lt;br /&gt;
Nanterre, Enghien, Noisy-le-Sec, Nogent, Gournay, Drancy, Gonesse; the&lt;br /&gt;
universe ends there.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Translation notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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===urbis amator===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
lover of the city&lt;br /&gt;
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===ruris amator===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
lover of the countryside&lt;br /&gt;
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==Textual notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Citations==&lt;br /&gt;
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