The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 100 full-page plates by Jan van Goyen, Jan Both and Dirck Hals. A boy is sold to men who disfigure children to make them show-fair monsters, and grows up with a face fixed in a permanent grin. Hugo wrote it in exile as an attack on aristocracy; the laughing face went on to shape a good deal of later popular imagery. Its 337 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.
Complete and unabridged, with 100 full-page plates by Jan van Goyen, Jan Both and Dirck Hals. A boy is sold to men who disfigure children to make them show-fair monsters, and grows up with a face fixed in a permanent grin. Hugo wrote it in exile as an attack on aristocracy; the laughing face went...
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Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French novelist, poet and dramatist born in Besançon. He opposed Napoleon III and spent nineteen years in exile on Jersey and Guernsey; on his return to Paris he was met by crowds. His works include The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Les Misérables, The Man Who Laughs, and Toilers of the Sea.
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French novelist, poet and dramatist born in Besançon. He opposed Napoleon III and spent nineteen years in exile on Jersey and Guernsey; on his return to Paris he was met by crowds. His works include The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Les Misérables, The Man Who Laughs, and...
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