Laughing man

by Victor Hugo, Arabookverse (Editor)

Overview

This novel remained obscure for a long time, and it was Victor Hugo's least known work. It was said that the reason was because Hugo greatly exaggerated his description of the English aristocracy during the reign of Queen Anne, but he talked about the oppressed classes in society, the control of the bourgeoisie, and the terrible class disparity between people. But later the novel gained the fame and attention it deserved, competing with "Les Misérables" and surpassing "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and other famous novels by Hugo. "The Laughing Man", despite its title referring to a laughing man, is considered one of Hugo's most tragic novels. If the hero of the novel appears from its title to be a laughing person, then his laughter is the result of the fact that his mouth has been split since his youth, becoming a horizontal wound extending between his ears. Meaning that if the shape of his mouth suggests constant laughter, then behind this laughing appearance is a blatant tragedy and a repulsive, terrifying distortion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789779914855
Publisher:	????? ??????? ???????
Publication date:	10/26/2024
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	170
File size:	431 KB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	Arabic

About the Author

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was an internationally renowned novelist, playwright and poet known for his political activism and human rights advocacy. "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