The Man Who Laughs - Softcover

Victor Hugo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0962685402 ISBN 13: 9780962685408

Publisher: Atlantean Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Ursus and Homo were fast friends. Ursus was a man Homo a wolf. Their dispositions tallied. It was the man who had christened the wolf: probably he had also chosen his own name.

About this title

About the Author:

Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885) was a French poet, novelist and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best-known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes from his poetry, novels and his dramatic achievements.

From Library Journal:

The recent success of the stage adaptation of Les Miserables has made Hugo's name widely known to the general public. Atlantean Press marks this resurgence with the inauguration of a series of re-published works by Hugo. The Man Who Laughs ( L'Homme qui rit , 1869), generally unavailable in English since the turn of the century, is the first volume in the series. This translation, by an unidentified translator, remains highly readable. The work itself, however, despite the touching tale of the love between the blind Dea and the deformed Gwynplaine, is highly stylized, extremely long, and often tedious. It will be interesting primarily for readers wishing to gain familiarity with a lesser known work by the father of French romanticism and with the tastes of the French reading public at the time.
- Anthony Caprio, Oglethorpe Univ., Atlanta
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantean Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0962685402
• ISBN 13: 9780962685408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 613
• Editor: Patricia LeChevalier