Victor Hugo

Gebundenes Buch

This History of a Crime (Part 2) and Napoleon the Little

Hugo's Works

Beschreibung

ogether, The History of a Crime (Part 2) and Napoleon the Little form Victor Hugo's fierce literary resistance to the rise of authoritarianism under Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. In The History of a Crime, Hugo recounts in harrowing detail the events surrounding the 1851 coup d'état, blending political testimony with personal outrage to expose the brutal dismantling of the French Republic. Napoleon the Little serves as an unrelenting satirical assault on Bonaparte's regime, condemning its manipulation of democratic rhetoric and its betrayal of liberty. Written from exile, these companion works reveal Hugo's unwavering moral vision and his belief in the power of the pen to combat tyranny.

Autor

Victor-Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France, Hugo's literary reputation rests on his poetic and dramatic output. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. In the English-speaking world his best-known works are often the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (sometimes translated into English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). Though extremely conservative in his youth, Hugo moved to the political left as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. Other books of Author . The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9781434489258
• ISBN-10: 1434489256
• Artikelnr.: 23339600