11 edition of The last day of a condemned man found in the catalog.
Published
1992
by Oxford University Press in Oxford [England], New York
.
Written in
Edition Notes
Translation of: Le dernier jour d"un condamné, and other works.
| Statement | Victor Hugo ; translated with an introduction and notes by Geoff Woollen. |
| Series | World"s classics |
| Contributions | Woollen, Geoff. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PQ2283 .A87 1992 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xxx, 198 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 198 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL1564460M |
| ISBN 10 | 0192828908 |
| LC Control Number | 91046136 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 25093457 |
The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a short novel by Victor Hugo first published in The novel recounts the thoughts of a man condemned to die. Victor Hugo wrote this novel to express his feelings that the death penalty should be abolished. Get this from a library! The last day of a condemned man. [Victor Hugo; Arabella Ward] -- In this profoundly moving milestone by the author of Les Misérables, a condemned man writes of his mental anguish inside the walls of a prison. With six weeks of life left to him before facing the.
A day will come, and perhaps these memoirs, the last revelations of a solitary wretch, will have contributed-- That is, unless after my death the wind carries away these sheets of paper into the muddy court, or unless they [] melt with rain when pasted to the broken window of a turnkey. Unlock the more straightforward side of The Last Day of a Condemned Man with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!. This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo, the thought-provoking tale of a man who is sentenced to death and the emotions he feels over the last 24 hours of his life. The book was written as a plea for capital Brand:
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Hugo was forthright about his intention in writing The Last Day of a Condemned Man. He abhorred capital punishment. He said the idea for writing the book came to him at the site of an execution: in the public square, as an execution was taking place, a scene Hugo says he walked upon "casually."1 Hugo wanted to see the death penalty abolished.4/5(32).
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Go Search Hello Select your /5(36). The author found the idea of The Last Day of a Condemned Man not in any book,--he is not in the habit of going so far for his ideas; but he found it where you all may find it, where, perhaps, you have found it, (for who in his own mind has not written or dreamed of The Last Day of a Condemned Man?) on the public Place, on the Place de Greve.4/5(32).
The Last Day of a Condemned Man | Hugo Victor | download | B–OK. Download books for free. Find books. This impassioned early () work, which depicts the “six-week death agony and day-long death rattle” of a condemned prisoner awaiting execution, isn’t so much fiction as it is a broadside against the barbarity of the guillotine.
(The text is accompanied by a brief satirical playlet in which bureaucrats and aristocrats denounce its author as a troublemaker.).
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Get this from a library. The last day of a condemned man. [Victor Hugo] -- Deeply shocking in its time, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a profound and moving tale and a vital work of social commentary.
A man vilified by society and condemned to death for his crime wakes. Day Trading: 3 Manuscripts - Day Trading, Forex Description - 3 Book SeriesThere are a lot of great investment options that you can choose. Some people like to work in real estate, some like to put the money into their retirement plan, and still, others are fans of 4/4(4).
I also think about the book that Victor Hugo Last Day of a Condemned Man (French: Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné) is a short novel. Victor Hugo’s The Last Day of a Condemned Man is fiction written with a purpose, and when someone writes fiction in order to make a point, as opposed to wanting to create great art, I can’t help but have my doubts about quality (although does that great art/political purpose opposition really hold up.
Not sure.). Hugo’s book (kindly sent to me by Oneworld Classics) isn’t great art, I. Deeply shocking in its time, this is a profound and moving tale and a vital work of social commentary.
A man vilified by society and condemned to death for his crime wakes every morning knowing that this day might be his last. With the hope for release his only comfort, he spends his hours recounting his life and the time before his imprisonment.
But as the hours pass, he knows that he is 5/5(1). He is condemned to death and his family is left destitute and must fend for themselves as best they can.
I am glad I read this short novel. I have never read Hugo before and even though I was not dazzled by the story of The Last Day of a Condemned Man, I think it was a good book to read anyway for its historical and social content. But even. The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" is no more "a plea for the abolishment of capital punishment" only than Les Miserables is a study of the Parisian sewers only.
It is vintage Victor Hugo, an enjoyable read in Arabella Ward's translation/5(34). The Last Day of a Condemned by Victor Hugo - Audiobook The Last Days Of A Condemned Man (preface) - Duration: Volume 4, Part 1 - FULL Audio Book | Greatest Audio Books - Duration: The last day of a condemned man by Victor Hugo; 7 editions; First published in ; Subjects: Fiction, Prisons, Translations into English, Literary collections, Capital punishment, Prisoners; Places: France; People: Victor Hugo ().
Ina slim book appeared in France. It was called Le dernier jour d'un condamné (The Last Day of a Condemned Man), and the plot conformed to the topic, augured by the title, was covered in such heretofore unthinkable detail that, at the time of its publication, it caused something of a scandal among the reading public.The Last Day of a Condemned Man (French: Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné) is a short novel by Victor Hugo first published in The novel recounts the thoughts of a man condemned to die.
Victor Hugo wrote this novel to express his feelings that the death penalty should be abolished.Discover and share the most famous quotes from the book The Last Day of a Condemned Man.
