A la prison de Bicetre, un condamne a mort note heure par heure les evenements d'une journee dont il apprend qu'elle sera la derniere. Il rappelle les circonstances de la sentence, puis de son emprisonnement et la raison qui le fait ecrire, jusqu'au moment ou il lui sera physiquement impossible de continuer. Decrivant sa cellule, detaillant la progression de la journee, evoquant d'horribles souvenirs comme le ferrement des forcats, la complainte argotique... (plus)"
A la prison de Bicetre, un condamne a mort note heure par heure les evenements d'une journee dont il apprend qu'elle sera la derniere. Il rappelle les...
The first new Penguin Classics translation in forty years of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, the subject of The Novel of the Century by David Bellos--published in a stunning Deluxe edition. Winner of the French-American Foundation & Florence Gould Foundation's 29th Annual Translation Prize in Fiction. The subject of the world's longest-running musical and the award-winning film, Les Miserables is a genuine literary treasure. Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism, and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind...
The first new Penguin Classics translation in forty years of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, the subject of The Novel of the Century by David Bel...
Victor Hugo is best known most for his epic novels Les Miserables and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. However in his day he was equally famed for his Poetry of which he wrote many volumes. The masterful Hugo loses none of his insightful scope writing on a smaller scale. Indeed, the disciplines and structures of his craft are heightened and the works represent a bold triumph. Readers will be instantly captivated by his words and themes. Portable Poetry is an imprint of Deadtree Publishing bringing the quality selections of poetry from the worlds most accomplished writers to audiobooks and...
Victor Hugo is best known most for his epic novels Les Miserables and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. However in his day he was equally famed for his Poe...
Victor Hugo is best known most for his epic novels Les Miserables and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. However in his day he was equally famed for his Poetry of which he wrote many volumes. The masterful Hugo loses none of his insightful scope writing on a smaller scale. Indeed, the disciplines and structures of his craft are heightened and the works represent a bold triumph. Readers will be instantly captivated by his words and themes. Portable Poetry is an imprint of Deadtree Publishing bringing the quality selections of poetry from the worlds most accomplished writers to audiobooks and...
Victor Hugo is best known most for his epic novels Les Miserables and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. However in his day he was equally famed for his Poe...