I love metaphors.: Utah Judge Orders Felons to Read Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Misérables’ 

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Now here’s some hard labor we can get behind. Judge Thomas Willmore of 1st District Court in Logan, Utah, says that he sometimes orders convicted defendants to read Victor Hugo’s 19th-century novel, Les Misérables (and write him a short book report about the work, no less) as part of their…

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  2. ericacv said: Love this! I read an article about a therapist who “prescribed” reading Muriel Barbery’s Elegance of the Hedgehog a while ago as well.
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  5. t-a-l said: All I have to say is, I live in Logan, Utah and it’s one of the safest places in America!
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