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The Last Day of a Condemned Man
Victor Hugo
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Description for The Last Day of a Condemned Man
Paperback. Presents a first-person chronicle of the final hours of a man sentenced to the gallows. This book offers graphic details of the prisoner's environment and a moving insight into his thoughts, reminiscences and despair at his impending doom. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Christopher. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847493613
SKU
V9781847493613
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Ref
99-15
About Victor Hugo
Novelist, playwright, poet, painter, human-rights activist and states-man, Victor Hugo (1802-85) was one of the most influential figures of nineteenth-century France and is still considered its greatest writer.
Reviews for The Last Day of a Condemned Man
Absolutely the most real and truthful of everything that Hugo wrote.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Hugo... provides a convincing reminder of what political argument should really be about
The Observer
Fyodor Dostoevsky Hugo... provides a convincing reminder of what political argument should really be about
The Observer