Name: The Man Who Laughs
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Author: Hugo, Victor ; Hine, David ; Stafford, Mark
ISBN: 9781906838584

Type

Physical Book

Author

Victor Hugo

Publisher

Selfmadehero

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

24.9 x 17.0 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.48 kg.

ISBN13

9781906838584

Synopsis "The Man Who Laughs"

The Man Who Laughs (first published in 1869) is Victor Hugo's scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain's political system. It is the story of Gwynplaine, the two-year-old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, and whose face is mutilated into a permanent grisly grin, then abandoned. After years of living in poverty, Gwynplaine is reintroduced to the aristocratic life and resolves to become the voice of the voiceless--whether he is heard or not. Author David Hine and artist Mark Stafford introduce Hugo's classic to a new generation of fans in this graphic-novel adaptation of abduction, mutilation, loss, and prejudice.

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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