Name: the last day of a condemned man and claude gueux
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Author: Victor Hugo
ISBN: 9781420938951

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Victor Hugo

Translated by

C. E. Wilbour

Publisher

Digireads.com

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm

Weight

0.15 kg.

ISBN

1420938959

ISBN13

9781420938951

Synopsis "the last day of a condemned man and claude gueux"

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a celebrated French novelist, poet, playwright, dramatist, essayist and statesman whose work ushered in the Romantic literary movement in France, one of the most influential movements in French and all European literary history. Like many of his time, Hugo promoted the virtues of liberty, individualism, spirit and nature in rebellion of the conservative political and religious establishments of Imperial France, and eventually became known as one of the most gifted and influential writers of his time. "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" is one of Hugo's first mature works of fiction, written in 1829, and recounts the thoughts of a condemned man as he prepares for death. The short novel would later have profound influence on writers like Albert Camus, Charles Dickens and Fyodor Dostoevsky. "Claude Gueux" is a short story, written in 1834. It contains Hugo's early thoughts on society injustice, which would be refined and fleshed out over the course of a few decades, resulting in the publication of "Les Misérables" in 1862.

Victor Hugo

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(1802 - 1885) Poeta, dramaturgo y novelista francés. Comenzó a escribir poesía y obras de teatro desde joven y llegó a convertirse en el máximo exponente del Romanticismo francés y maestro del movimiento en el mundo. Entre los años 1829-1843 escribió libros de gran éxito. Victor Hugo también destacó como activista político y social, luchando por los derechos humanos y la justicia.

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