Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Court saves Les Mis sequel novels, BBC News, 12/20/08

Via BBC News: Court saves Les Mis sequel novels:

"In 2001, novelist Francois Ceresa published the follow-ups to the acclaimed 19th-Century classic.

But Hugo's family objected to the books - Cosette and the Time of Illusions and Marius or The Fugitive - arguing they were an insult to the original work...

But the court ruled on Friday that Hugo's novel was in the public domain, meaning Ceresa was therefore free to invent a sequel."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7790000/newsid_7793800/7793803.stm

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