Ninety-Three
Set during the ferocious civil war in the Vendée that followed the French Revolution, Hugo’s final novel pits revolutionary idealism against royalist loyalty through three unforgettable figures caught between duty and mercy amid the Terror of 1793. Grand, passionate, and morally searching, it dramatizes the clash of principle and humanity when a revolution devours its own. With sweeping battle scenes and profound moral dilemmas, Ninety-Three explores whether compassion can survive in an age of absolute conviction. A powerful meditation on justice, violence, and forgiveness, it is a fitting capstone to Hugo’s career, blending historical drama with the humane vision that animates all his greatest work.
About the Author
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist, the towering figure of French Romanticism. His novels Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame are cornerstones of world literature.
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| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Part 1: At Sea Book 1, Ch 1: The Forest Of La Saudraie | 23:58 | |
| 2 | Part 1 Book 2: The Corvette Claymore Ch 1: England and France United | 7:10 | |
| 3 | 1/2/Ch 2:Night with the Ship and the Passenger | 3:53 | |
| 4 | 1/2/3: Patrician and Plebeian United | 12:17 | |
| 5 | 1/2/4: Tormentum Belli | 5:43 | |
| 6 | 1/2/5: Vis et Vir | 10:41 | |
| 7 | 1/2/6: The Two Ends of the Scale | 5:56 | |
| 8 | 1/2/7: He Who Sets Sail Invests in a Lottery | 6:42 | |
| 9 | 1/2/8: 9:380 | 8:49 | |
| 10 | 1/2/9: Someone Escapes | 3:16 | |
| 11 | 1/2/10: Does He Escape? | 5:03 | |
| 12 | Pt 1 Book 3: Halmalo Ch 1: Speech Is Word | 10:21 | |
| 13 | 1/3/2: A Peasant's Memory Is Worth As Much As The Captain's Science | 18:35 | |
| 14 | Pt 1 Bk 4: Tellmarch Ch 1: On The Top Of The Dune | 5:38 | |
| 15 | 1/4/2: Aures Habet Et Non Audiet | 4:15 | |
| 16 | 1/4/3: The Usefulness of Big Letters | 4:46 | |
| 17 | 1/4/4: The Caimand | 13:03 | |
| 18 | 1/4/5: When He Awoke It Was Daylight | 7:04 | |
| 19 | 1/4/6: The Vicissitudes of Civil War | 8:58 | |
| 20 | 1/4/7: No Mercy, No Quarter | 10:14 | |
| 21 | Part 2: Paris Bk 1: Cimourdain Ch 1: The Streets Of Paris At That Time | 15:30 | |
| 22 | 2/1/2: Cimourdain | 15:13 | |
| 23 | 2/1/3: A Corner Not Dipped Into The Styx | 5:49 | |
| 24 | Pt 2 Bk 2: The Pot-House On The Rue De Panon Ch 1: Minos, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus | 5:30 | |
| 25 | 2/2/2: Magna Testantur Voce Per Umbras | 33:30 | |
| 26 | 2/2/3: A Quivering of the Inmost Fibres | 18:59 | |
| 27 | Pt 2 Book 3: The Convention Ch 1: The Convention | 52:33 | |
| 28 | 2/3/2 Marat In The Green-Room | 10:29 | |
| 29 | Part 3: In The Vendée Bk 1: The Vendée Ch 1: The Forests | 4:52 | |
| 30 | 3/1/2 Men | 3:49 | |
| 31 | 3/1/3 Connivance of Men and Forests | 5:34 | |
| 32 | 3/1/4 Their Life Underground | 3:06 | |
| 33 | 3/1/5 Their Life In Warfare | 10:39 | |
| 34 | 3/1/6 The Soul of the Earth Passes Into Man | 7:00 | |
| 35 | 3/1/7 The Vendée has Ruined Brittany | 3:40 | |
| 36 | Pt 3 Bk 2: The Three Children Ch 1: Plus Quam Civilia Bella | 12:57 | |
| 37 | 3/2/2 Dol | 13:31 | |
| 38 | 3/2/3 Small Armies and Great Battles | 13:58 | |
| 39 | 3/2/4 A Second Time | 4:41 | |
| 40 | 3/2/5 A Drop of Cold Water | 5:15 | |
| 41 | 3/2/6 A Healed Breast, but a Bleeding Heart | 12:45 | |
| 42 | 3/2/7 The Two Poles of Truth | 13:29 | |
| 43 | 3/2/8 Dolorosa | 4:04 | |
| 44 | 3/2/9 A Provincial Bastille | 17:20 | |
| 45 | 3/2/10 The Hostages | 12:59 | |
| 46 | 3/2/11 Terrible as the Antique | 7:10 | |
| 47 | 3/2/12 The Rescue Planned | 4:10 | |
| 48 | 3/2/13 What The Marquis Is Doing | 4:14 | |
| 49 | 3/2/14 What The Imânus Is Doing | 4:24 | |
| 50 | Pt 3 Bk 3: The Massacre of St. Bartholomew Ch 1: The Massacre of St Bartholemew | 28:33 | |
| 51 | Pt 3 Book 4: The Mother Ch 1: Death Passes | 5:04 | |
| 52 | 3/4/2: Death Speaks | 7:12 | |
| 53 | 3/4/3: Mutterings Among The Peasants | 7:29 | |
| 54 | 3/4/4: A Mistake | 4:41 | |
| 55 | 3/4/5: Vox In Deserto | 4:13 | |
| 56 | 3/4/6: The Situation | 5:55 | |
| 57 | 3/4/7: Preliminaries | 6:29 | |
| 58 | 3/4/8: The Speech and the Roar | 7:44 | |
| 59 | 3/4/9: Titans Against Giants | 7:55 | |
| 60 | 3/4/10: Radoub | 12:55 | |
| 61 | 3/4/11: The Desperate | 5:34 | |
| 62 | 3/4/12: The Deliverer | 5:29 | |
| 63 | 3/4/13: The Executioner | 4:15 | |
| 64 | 3/4/14: The Imânus Also Escapes | 4:41 | |
| 65 | 3/4/15: Never Put A Watch And A Key In The Same Pocket | 6:34 | |
| 66 | Part 3, Book 5: In Daemone Deus. Ch 1: Found, But Lost | 15:15 | |
| 67 | 3/5/2: From The Door Of Stone To That Of Iron | 3:52 | |
| 68 | 3/5/3: Where The Sleeping Children Wake | 9:55 | |
| 69 | Part 3, Book 6: After Victory, Struggle Begins. Ch 1: Lantenac Taken | 4:34 | |
| 70 | 3/6/2 Gauvain Meditating | 24:42 | |
| 71 | 3/6/3 The Commander's Hood | 4:29 | |
| 72 | Part 3, Book 7: Feudality and Revolution. Ch 1: The Ancestor | 16:38 | |
| 73 | 3/7/2: The Court-Martial | 6:07 | |
| 74 | 3/7/3: The Votes | 9:36 | |
| 75 | 3/7/4: After Cimourdain The Judge, Cimourdain The Master | 3:05 | |
| 76 | 3/7/5: The Dungeon | 17:06 | |
| 77 | 3/7/6: Still The Sun Rises | 15:32 |
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