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The History of a Crime (1877) is a book-length essay by Victor Hugo. While Hugo is famous today for his status as a leading French poet and novelist of the nineteenth century, he was also a gifted historian and memoirist who served on the National Assembly of the Second Republic. Following the coup d’état of Napoleon III in 1851, Hugo was among the insurrectionists who revolted against military forces on the streets of Paris. Despite their efforts, the coup was successful, leading to Hugo’s exile until 1870. “To outrage Right, to suppress the Assembly, to abolish the Constitution, to strangle the Republic, to overthrow the Nation, to sully the Flag, to dishonor the Army, to suborn the Clergy and the Magistracy, to succeed, to triumph, to govern, to administer, to exile, to banish, to transport, to ruin, to assassinate, to reign, with such complicities that the law at last resembles a foul bed of corruption. What! All these enormities were to be committed! And by whom?” The French Second Republic was already in danger when Napoleon III was elected President of France in 1848. A populist, he was in constant conflict with the National Assembly and, nearing the end of his term, sought to seek reelection through constitutional change. When this avenue was denied, he began preparations for Operation Rubicon, a secret plan to conduct a coup d’état with the help of the Army and other high-ranking officials. On December 2nd, 1851, the anniversary of his uncle Napoleon Bonaparte’s coronation and victory at Austerlitz, the coup took place. Hugo, a National Assembly member, took to the streets of Paris with thousands of his fellow insurrectionaries, many of whom were beaten, arrested, and murdered for their actions. Despite their efforts, the coup was successful, leading to the reestablishment of the French Empire in 1852. Hugo’s essay—part history, part memoir—is a brilliant retelling of one of democracy’s darkest moments.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781513211947 |
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Publisher: | Mint Editions |
Publication date: | 01/11/2022 |
Series: | Mint Editions (Nonfiction Narratives: Essays, Speeches and Full-Length Work) |
Pages: | 436 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.97(d) |
About the Author
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet and novelist. Born in Besançon, Hugo was the son of a general who served in the Napoleonic army. Raised on the move, Hugo was taken with his family from one outpost to the next, eventually setting with his mother in Paris in 1803. In 1823, he published his first novel, launching a career that would earn him a reputation as a leading figure of French Romanticism. His Gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) was a bestseller throughout Europe, inspiring the French government to restore the legendary cathedral to its former glory. During the reign of King Louis-Philippe, Hugo was elected to the National Assembly of the French Second Republic, where he spoke out against the death penalty and poverty while calling for public education and universal suffrage. Exiled during the rise of Napoleon III, Hugo lived in Guernsey from 1855 to 1870. During this time, he published his literary masterpiece Les Misérables (1862), a historical novel which has been adapted countless times for theater, film, and television. Towards the end of his life, he advocated for republicanism around Europe and across the globe, cementing his reputation as a defender of the people and earning a place at Paris’ Panthéon, where his remains were interred following his death from pneumonia. His final words, written on a note only days before his death, capture the depth of his belief in humanity: “To love is to act.”
Date of Birth:
February 26, 1802Date of Death:
May 22, 1885Place of Birth:
Besançon, FrancePlace of Death:
Paris, FranceEducation:
Pension Cordier, Paris, 1815-18Table of Contents
The First Day--The Ambush | ||
I. | "Security" | 9 |
II. | Paris sleeps--the Bell rings | 13 |
III. | What had happened during the Night | 15 |
IV. | Other Doings of the Night | 31 |
V. | The Darkness of the Crime | 33 |
VI. | "Placards" | 35 |
VII. | No. 70, Rue Blanche | 39 |
VIII. | "Violation of the Chamber" | 46 |
IX. | An End worse than Death | 56 |
X. | The Black Door | 53 |
XI. | The High Court of Justice | 60 |
II. | The Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement | 72 |
XIII. | Louis Bonaparte's Side-face | 93 |
XIV. | The D'Orsay Barracks | 95 |
XV. | Mazas | 105 |
XVI. | The Episode of the Boulevard St. Martin | 110 |
XVII. | The Rebound of the 24th June, 1848, on the 2d December 1851 | 120 |
XVIII. | The Representatives hunted down | 126 |
XIX. | One Foot in the Tomb | 134 |
XX. | The Burial of a Great Anniversary | 143 |
The Second Day--The Struggle | ||
I. | They come to Arrest me | 145 |
II. | From the Bastille to the Rue de Cotte | 152 |
III. | The St. Antoine Barricade | 156 |
IV. | The Workmen's Societies ask us for the Order to fight | 171 |
V. | Baudin's Corpse | 176 |
VI. | The Decrees of the Representatives who remained Free | 181 |
VII. | The Archbishop | 197 |
VIII. | Mount Valerien | 203 |
IX. | The Lightning begins to flash among the People | 207 |
X. | What Fleury went to do at Mazas | 213 |
XI. | The End of the Second Day | 219 |
The Third Day--The Massacre | ||
I. | Those who sleep and He who does not sleep | 223 |
II. | The Proceedings of the Committee | 225 |
III. | Inside the Elysee | 233 |
IV. | Bonaparte's Familiar Spirits | 237 |
V. | A Wavering Ally | 242 |
VI. | Denis Dussoubs | 244 |
VII. | Items and Interviews | 245 |
VIII. | The Situation | 250 |
IX. | The Porte Saint Martin | 256 |
X. | My Visit to the Barricades | 258 |
XI. | The Barricade of the Rue Meslay | 262 |
XII. | The Barricade of the Mairie of the Fifth Arrondissement | 266 |
XIII. | The Barricade of the Rue Thevenot | 268 |
XIV. | Ossian and Scipio | 272 |
XV. | The Question presents itself | 279 |
XVI. | The Massacre | 284 |
XVII. | The Appointment made with the Workmen's Societies | 292 |
XVIII. | The Verification of Moral Laws | 297 |
The Fourth Day--The Victory | ||
I. | What happened during the Night--the Rue Tiquetonne | 301 |
II. | What happened during the Night--the Market Quarter | 304 |
III. | What happened during the Night--the Petit Carreau | 317 |
IV. | What was done during the Night--the Passage du Saumon | 329 |
V. | Other Deeds of Darkness | 336 |
VI. | The Consultative Committee | 343 |
VII. | The Other List | 349 |
VIII. | David d'Angers | 352 |
IX. | Our Last Meeting | 354 |
X. | Duty can have two Aspects | 358 |
XI. | The Combat finished, the Ordeal begins | 366 |
XII. | The Exiled | 368 |
XIII. | The Military Commissions and the mixed Commissions | 382 |
XIV. | A Religious Incident | 386 |
XV. | How they came out of Ham | 386 |
XVI. | A Retrospect | 396 |
XVII. | Conduct of the Left | 397 |
XVIII. | A Page written at Brussels | 406 |
XIX. | The Infallible Benediction | 410 |
Conclusion--The Fall | ||
Chap. I.411 | ||
Chap. II.413 | ||
Chap. III.415 | ||
Chap. IV.417 | ||
Chap. V.418 | ||
Chap. VI.420 | ||
Chap. VII.422 | ||
Chap. VIII.425 | ||
Chap. IX.427 | ||
Chap. X.428 |
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