I’m picky when it comes to movies. (My husband would say I’m very picky.) One plot line I detest is when someone young or inexperienced trusts the wrong person. The naive heroine stakes everything—maybe her inheritance, maybe her reputation, maybe her very life—on a mistaken basis. Like Fantine in Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, whose vulnerability makes her an easy target for the cruel.[1] I…

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