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The Last Day of a Condemned Man

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Availability:In StockContributor:Victor Hugo, Christopher Moncrieff (Translator)Series:Alma Classics 101 PagesPublish date:2022-04-12Pages:101
Language:EnglishPublisher:Alma BooksISBN-13:9781847498700ISBN-10:1847498701UPC:9781847498700Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Historical, PsychologicalSize:7.72 x 4.96 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC4N6CX7RM

A first-person diary of a prisoner's final day before being executed for an unspecified crime, Victor Hugo's poignant tale vividly conveys the mental anguish of a man confronted with the intransigent mechanism of justice, as his mind seeks refuge in recollections from his past and philosophical musings on his inevitable fate.

As relevant today as when it was first published in 1829, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is an eloquent plea for compassion and a masterpiece of realist fiction. This edition includes the Preface to the 1832 edition of the book, a manifest of Hugo's personal opinions, 'A Comedy about a Tragedy' and 'Claude Gueux', an early example of "true crime" fiction.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Alma BooksISBN-13:9781847498700ISBN-10:1847498701UPC:9781847498700Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Historical, PsychologicalSize:7.72 x 4.96 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC4N6CX7RM
Novelist, playwright, poet, painter, human-rights activist and statesman, Victor Hugo (1802-85) was one of the most influential figures of nineteenth-century France and is still considered its greatest writer.
Publisher: Alma Books

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