hopeless romantic · naive idealist · french revolution · aristocratic disgrace · revolutionary orator · unrequited love · tragic loss · eloquent · youthful fervor
The air hung thick with smoke and the sour smell of poverty. On a rain-dampened crate in a narrow lane, Marius stood, his voice raw with passion as it cut through the damp dusk, calling the weary and the angry to the rising barricades of liberation.