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The Last Day of a Condemned Man - Mint Editions
Victor Hugo
The Last Day of a Condemned Man - Mint Editions
Victor Hugo
The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829) is a short novel by Victor Hugo. Having witnessed several executions by guillotine as a young man, Hugo devoted himself in his art and political life to opposing the death penalty in France. Praised by Dostoevsky as "absolutely the most real and truthful of everything that Hugo wrote," The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a powerful story from an author who defined nineteenth century French literature. If you knew when and where you would die, how would you spend your final moments? For Hugo's unnamed narrator, such an existential question is made reality. Sentenced to death for an unspecified crime, he reflects on his life as its last seconds wane in the shadows of a cramped prison cell. Recording his emotional state, observations, and conversations with a priest and fellow prisoner, the condemned man forces us to not only recognize his humanity, but question our own. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Victor Hugo's The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
262 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 22, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781513291390 |
Publishers | Mint Editions |
Pages | 262 |
Dimensions | 204 × 125 × 18 mm · 290 g |
Language | English |
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