The Man Who Laughs
Title | The Man Who Laughs PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Hugo |
Publisher | The Floating Press |
Pages | 821 |
Release | 2011-05-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1775452786 |
Moving away from the explicitly political content of his previous novels, Victor Hugo turns to social commentary in The Man Who Laughs, an 1869 work that was made into a popular film in the 1920s. The plot deals with a band of miscreants who deliberately deform children to make them more effective beggars, as well as the long-lasting emotional and social damage that this abhorrent practice inflicts upon its victims.
L'homme Qui Rit
Title | L'homme Qui Rit PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Hugo |
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Release | 1878 |
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L'homme Qui Rit
Title | L'homme Qui Rit PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Hugo |
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Pages | 672 |
Release | 2006 |
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Victor Hugo
Title | Victor Hugo PDF eBook |
Author | Algernon Charles Swinburne |
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Pages | 9 |
Release | 1869 |
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The Laughing Man ("l'Homme Qui Rit"), by Victor Hugo...
Title | The Laughing Man ("l'Homme Qui Rit"), by Victor Hugo... PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Hugo |
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Pages | 190 |
Release | 1887 |
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L'Homme Qui Rit. English
Title | L'Homme Qui Rit. English PDF eBook |
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Release | 2010 |
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The Man Who Laughs / Victor Hugo.
The Man Who Laughs
Title | The Man Who Laughs PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Hugo |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 673 |
Release | 2020-05-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1504063260 |
A tragic tale of romance, oppression, and depraved nobility in seventeenth-century England by the author of LesMisérables. First published in 1869, The Man Who Laughs is an impassioned plea for recognition of the humanity of society’s outcasts and an indictment of the callous crimes of the aristocracy. It tells the story of Gwynplaine, a boy whose face was disfigured by order of the king into a ghastly, permanent smile. Outcast and homeless, Gwynplaine finds refuge with travelling carnival merchant Ursus and falls in love with a blind orphan girl named Dea. One day while performing a popular carnival routine, Gwynplaine captures the attention of bored and jaded Duchess Josiana. Used as a pawn by an agent of the royal court, Gwynplaine’s true identity and noble parentage is soon revealed. But when he is reinstated as a member of the aristocracy, Gwynplaine makes visible the monstrosity of the upper classes