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The Man Who Laughs

First published
1869
Pages
678

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  1. 001 - Preliminary Chapter - Ursus, part I and II

    26:55

  2. 002 - Preliminary Chapter - Ursus, part III and IV

    28:08

  3. 003 - Another Preliminary Chapter - The Comparchicos

    35:59

  4. 004 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter I - Portland Bill

    17:24

  5. 005 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter II - Left Alone

    9:32

  6. 006 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter III - Alone

    14:17

  7. 007 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter IV - Questions

    5:00

  8. 008 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter V - The Tree of Human Invention

    14:17

  9. 009 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter VI - Struggle Between Death and Night

    13:58

  10. 010 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter VII - The North Point of Portland

    11:15

  11. 011 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter I - Superhuman Laws

    7:26

  12. 012 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter II - Our First Rough Sketches Filled In

    10:25

  13. 013 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter III - Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea

    8:12

  14. 014 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter IV - A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the Scene

    22:49

  15. 015 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter V - Hardquanonne

    5:12

  16. 016 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VI - They Think that Help is at Hand

    4:14

  17. 017 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VII - Superhuman Horrors

    10:07

  18. 018 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VIII - Nix et Nox

    7:57

  19. 019 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter IX - The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea

    3:30

  20. 020 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter X - The Colossal Savage, the Storm

    9:40

  21. 021 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XI - The Caskets

    5:50

  22. 022 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Face to Face with the Rock

    8:24

  23. 023 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIII - Face to Face with Night

    3:01

  24. 024 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIV - Ortach

    3:53

  25. 025 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XV - Portentosum Mare

    13:41

  26. 026 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVI - The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence

    6:08

  27. 027 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVII - The Last Resource

    8:40

  28. 028 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVIII - The Highest Resource

    14:47

  29. 029 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter I - Chesil

    11:18

  30. 030 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter II - The Effect of Snow

    8:54

  31. 031 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter III - A Burden Makes a Rough Road Rougher

    10:58

  32. 032 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter IV - Another Form of Desert

    11:57

  33. 033 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter V - Misanthropy Plays its Pranks

    34:42

  34. 034 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter VI - The Awakening

    6:53

  35. 035 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter I - Lord Clancharlie

    30:55

  36. 036 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter II - Lord David Dirry-Moir

    14:16

  37. 037 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter III - The Duchess Josiana

    18:15

  38. 038 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter IV - The Leader of Fashion

    14:09

  39. 039 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter V - Queen Anne

    15:36

  40. 040 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VI - Barkilphedro

    15:30

  41. 041 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VII - Barkilphedro Gnaws His Way

    15:47

  42. 042 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VIII - Inferi

    5:37

  43. 043 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter IX - Hate is as Strong as Love

    19:25

  44. 044 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter X - The Flame which would be Seen if Man were Transparent

    18:41

  45. 045 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter XI - Barkilphedro in Ambuscade

    10:05

  46. 046 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter XII - Scotland, Ireland and England

    17:39

  47. 047 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter I - Wherein we see the Face of Him of whom we have hitherto seen only the Acts

    12:26

  48. 048 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter II - Dea

    7:04

  49. 049 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter III - "Oculus non habet, et videt"

    6:07

  50. 050 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter IV - Well-matched Lovers

    8:28

  51. 051 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter V - The Blue Sky through the Black Cloud

    10:39

  52. 052 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VI - Ursus as Tutor, and Ursus as Guardian

    9:32

  53. 053 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VII - Blindness Gives Lessons in Clairvoyance

    7:54

  54. 054 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VIII - Not only Happiness, but Prosperity

    12:44

  55. 055 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter IX - Absurdities which Folks without Taste call Poetry

    14:38

  56. 056 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter X - An Outsider's View of Men and Things

    14:22

  57. 057 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter XI - Gwynplaine Thinks Justice, and Ursus Talks Truth

    22:32

  58. 058 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Ursus the Poet Drags on Ursus the Philosopher

    7:21

  59. 059 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter I - The Tadcaster Inn

    8:06

  60. 060 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter II - Open-Air Eloquence

    13:24

  61. 061 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter III - Where the Passer-by Reappears

    12:24

  62. 062 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter IV - Contraries Fraternize in Hate

    12:45

  63. 063 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter V - The Wapentake

    7:37

  64. 064 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VI - The Mouse Examined by the Cats

    17:49

  65. 065 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VII - Why Should a Gold Piece Lower Itself by Mixing With a Heap of Pennies?

    14:40

  66. 066 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VIII - Symptoms of Poisoning

    12:15

  67. 067 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter IX - Abyssus abyssum vocat

    22:11

  68. 068 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter I - The Temptation of St. Gwynplaine

    18:14

  69. 069 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter II - From Gay to Grave

    15:19

  70. 070 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter III - Lex, Rex, Fex

    9:00

  71. 071 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter IV - Ursus Spies the Police

    11:19

  72. 072 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter V - A fearful Place

    5:13

  73. 073 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VI - The kind of Magistracy under the Wigs of Former Days

    10:20

  74. 074 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VII - Shuddering

    4:32

  75. 075 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VIII - Lamentation

    34:32

  76. 076 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter I - The Durability of Fragile Things

    24:47

  77. 077 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter II - The Waif Knows Its Own Course

    32:58

  78. 078 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter III - An Awakening

    7:55

  79. 079 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter IV - Fascination

    14:24

  80. 080 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter V - We Think We Remember; We Forget

    18:51

  81. 081 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter I - What the Misanthrope said

    8:26

  82. 082 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter II - What He did

    28:07

  83. 083 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter III - Complications

    6:25

  84. 084 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter IV - Moenius surdis campana muta

    13:34

  85. 085 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter V - State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great

    21:03

  86. 086 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter I - The Awakening

    6:24

  87. 087 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter II - The Resemblance of a Palace to a Wood

    10:01

  88. 088 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter III - Eve

    15:01

  89. 089 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter IV - Satan

    26:03

  90. 090 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter V - They Recognize, but do not Know, Each Other

    5:56

  91. 091 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter I - Analysis of Majestic Matters

    29:06

  92. 092 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter II - Impartiality

    21:22

  93. 093 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter III - The Old Hall

    15:01

  94. 094 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter IV - The Old Chamber

    11:15

  95. 095 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter V - Aristocratic Gossip

    17:47

  96. 096 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VI - The High and the Low

    9:29

  97. 097 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VII - Storms of Men are Worse than Storms of Oceans

    43:13

  98. 098 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VIII - He would be a good Brother, Were he not a Good Son

    15:55

  99. 099 - Part II, Book the Ninth, Chapter I - It is through Excess of Greatness that Man reaches Excess of Misery

    9:54

  100. 100 - Part II, Book the Ninth, Chapter II - The Dregs

    44:40

  101. 101 - Conclusion, Chapter I - A Watch-Dog may be a Guardian Angel

    10:24

  102. 102 - Conclusion, Chapter II - Barkilphedro, Having Aimed at the Eagle, Brings down the Dove

    17:50

  103. 103 - Conclusion, Chapter III - Paradise Regained Below

    14:40

  104. 104 - Conclusion, Chapter IV - Nay; on High!

    17:03

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Disfigured in childhood into a permanent grin, the traveling entertainer Gwynplaine—'the man who laughs'—discovers he is heir to an English peerage, only to find the corrupt aristocracy more monstrous than his own scarred face. Hugo's sweeping, grotesque romance is a savage indictment of social injustice, wrapped in a melodrama of lost identity, doomed love, and the cruelty of power. Rich in Gothic imagery and passionate rhetoric, The Man Who Laughs contrasts the goodness of the outcast with the depravity of the privileged. Dark, strange, and powerful, it is a haunting fable of a disfigured soul whose eternal smile masks a breaking heart, from the author of Les Misérables.

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Victor Hugo

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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First published
1869
Reading time
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Pages
678
Language
English
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