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The last day of a condemned man

by Victor Hugo, Geoff Woollen, Gilbert Campbell, Raúl Bracho, Eugenia De B, Libby Purves

3.9
(52 ratings)
109 pages1829Dover PublicationsISBN 9780486469980
Literary FictionCapital punishmentClassicsFictionClassiqueFiction historiqueHistoryFrench dramamysteriousPlot drivenWeak Character DevelopmentLoveable CharactersNot Diverse Characters
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About this book

Deeply shocking in its time, "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" is a profound and moving tale and a vital work of social commentary. A man vilified by society and condemned to death for his crime wakes every morning knowing that this day might be his last. With the hope for release his only comfort, he spends his hours recounting his life and the time before his imprisonment. But as the hours pass, he knows that he is powerless to change his fate. He must follow the path so many have trod before him--the path that leads to the guillotine.

Publication Details

Publisher
Dover Publications
Published
1829
Pages
109
ISBN
9780486469980
Language
en

About Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (known in English also as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). Though a committed conservative royalist when he was young, Hugo grew more liberal as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo

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