Archiv der Kategorie: Classics of Fiction (English)

The Rhine – Victor Hugo This work, composed of “Letters to a Friend,” is the story of a merry archaeological journey. The form is a familar one, but it displays remarkable erudition. It is the chat of a witty savant … Weiterlesen →

Under Sentence of Death – Victor Hugo In this book are depicted and analyzed, in due succession, all the physical sufferings, all the mental tortures a man condemned to death can experience during the hours which immediately precede his execution. … Weiterlesen →

The History of a Crime – Victor Hugo Victor Hugo wrote this work whilst in exile for taking part in the events herein described. His story is thrillingly told. The world for the first time gets all the details of … Weiterlesen →

Bug-Jargal – Victor Hugo The story is a dramatic episode of the revolt of the blacks of St. Domingo in 1791. Bug-Jargal, the hero, is a negro, a slave in the household of a planter. He is secretly in love … Weiterlesen →

Ninety-Three – Victor Hugo The Revolution at its apogee, the fatal term of the contest waged by new ideas against the old social order, by liberty against despotism, by law against tyranny; and from this conflict, from this atmosphere of … Weiterlesen →

The Man Who Laughs – Victor Hugo “The Man Who Laughs” (“L’Homme qui Rit”) was called by its author “A Romance of English History,” and was written during the period Hugo spent in exile in Guernsey. Like “The Toilers of … Weiterlesen →