With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Victor Hugo's The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers. Recording his emotional state, observations, and conversations with a priest and fellow prisoner, the condemned man forces us to not only recognize his humanity, but question our own. This will simplify how you promote your digital collection, train your staff, support your users, and promote the best reading experience for everyone, Libby. Sentenced to death for an unspecified crime, he reflects on his life as its last seconds wane in the shadows of a cramped prison cell. readers with Libby To help your library welcome more users to Libby, we are sunsetting the legacy OverDrive app for iOS, Android, and Windows 8/10 on May 1, 2023. If you knew when and where you would die, how would you spend your final moments? For Hugo's unnamed narrator, such an existential question is made reality. REVIEWS: 'Goodman has a real flair.Witty dialogue, first-rate narrative prose, and clever plotting. Praised by Dostoevsky as "absolutely the most real and truthful of everything that Hugo wrote," The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a powerful story from an author who defined nineteenth century French literature. Their lives thoroughly complicated by secrets, Libby must make a harrowing choice: trust her husband, or lose him forever.
Having witnessed several executions by guillotine as a young man, Hugo devoted himself in his art and political life to opposing the death penalty in France. The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829) is a short novel by Victor Hugo. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more from your local library for free Libby is the newer library reading app by OverDrive, loved by millions of.
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