# Les Mis'erables Dialogue: A film-based network representation of social communication

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.13148 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.13148/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 5 of its 14 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 9 Oct 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 5 of 5)

- [Multilayer Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1309.7233/) (2013)
- [Ten Social Dimensions of Conversations and Relationships](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2001.09954/) (2020)
- [Movienet: A Movie Multilayer Network Model using Visual and Textual Semantic Cues](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1910.09368/) (2019)
- [HIF: The hypergraph interchange format for higher-order networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.11520/) (2025)
- [Foundations of Temporal Text Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1803.02592/) (2018)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this work, we revisit the classic Les Mis'erables benchmark network from the perspective of social communication. Using the 1998 film adaptation of the novel, we construct the publicly available Les Mis'erables Dialogue temporal text network, which explicitly distinguishes speakers, addressees, and other recipients of each utterance, along with its content and timing. Using the ten social dimensions model, we also derive multilayer network representations of the network, in which layers correspond to distinct relational dimensions. Beyond the network dataset, this work offers a general methodology for building similarly rich communication datasets from similar narrative sources.