The Man Who Laughs (L'Homme Qui Rit) in Both English and French

The Man Who Laughs (L'Homme Qui Rit) in Both English and French

by Victor Hugo
The Man Who Laughs (L'Homme Qui Rit) in Both English and French

The Man Who Laughs (L'Homme Qui Rit) in Both English and French

by Victor Hugo

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Overview

Bilingual, English and French. According to Wikipedia: "Hugo wrote The Man Who Laughs, or the Laughing Man, over a period of fifteen months while he was living in the Channel Islands, having been exiled from his native France because of the controversial political content of his previous novels. Hugo's working title for this book was On the King's Command, but a friend suggested The Man Who Laughs."


Bilingue, anglais et français. Selon Wikipedia: "Hugo a écrit The Man Who Laughs, ou l'homme qui rit, pendant une période de quinze mois alors qu'il vivait dans les îles Anglo-Normandes, exilé de sa France natale en raison du contenu politique controversé de ses romans précédents. Le titre de travail de Hugo pour ce livre était Sur le commandement du roi, mais un ami a suggéré l'homme qui rit. "


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781455425761
Publisher: Seltzer Books
Publication date: 11/16/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB
Language: French

About the Author

About The Author

"If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away," the larger-than-life Victor Hugo once confessed. Indeed, this 19th-century French author's books — from the epic drama Les Misérables to the classic unrequited love story The Hunchback of Notre Dame — have spanned the ages, their themes of morality and redemption as applicable to our times as to his.

Date of Birth:

February 26, 1802

Date of Death:

May 22, 1885

Place of Birth:

Besançon, France

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

Pension Cordier, Paris, 1815-18
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