Under Sentence of Death; Or, a Criminal's Last Hours by Victor Hugo
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"Under Sentence of Death; Or, a Criminal's Last Hours" by Victor Hugo is a novella first published in 1829. It recounts the thoughts and fears of a man condemned to die by guillotine in 19th-century France. Written to advocate for abolishing the death penalty, the work traces the prisoner's psychological transformation as he awaits execution, recording his observations of prison life while never revealing his name or crime. The story culminates on
his final day as reality closes in. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Campbell, Gilbert, Sir, 1838-1899 |
| Title | Under Sentence of Death; Or, a Criminal's Last Hours |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Day_of_a_Condemned_Man |
| Note | "Together with Told Under Canvas and Claude Gueux" |
| Contents | Under sentence of death; or, a criminal's last hours -- Told under canvas: Bug-Jargal -- Claude Gueux. |
| Credits |
Produced by Andrew Sly, Cindy Beyer, Al Haines and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 50010 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-50010-2 |
| Release Date | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 703 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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