Hugo Victor - The Last Day Of A Condemned Man - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: The Last Day Of A Condemned Man
Author(s): Hugo Victor
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781847498700
Pages: 101 Pages
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages
Category: Fiction In Translation