Description
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
Victor Hugo
The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a short novel by Victor Hugo first published in 1829. The novel recounts the thoughts of a man condemned to die. Victor Hugo wrote this novel to express his feelings that the death penalty should be abolished.A man who has been condemned to death by the guillotine in 19th-century France writes down his cogitations, feelings and fears while awaiting his execution. His writing traces his change in psyche vis-a-vis the world outside the prison cell throughout his imprisonment, and describes his life in prison, everything from what his cell looks like to the personality of the prison priest. He does not betray his name or what he has done to the reader, though he vaguely hints that he has killed someone; just a nameless, faceless, meaningless victim.
Interestingly, the novel also contains a blueprint of Jean Valjean, the hero of Hugo’s Les Miserables. As the Condemned is waiting to be executed he meets another condemned man who recounts his life story.
ISBN: 978-9939-76-587-7
Pages: 160
Cover: Hard
Language: Armenian
Format: 16×24
Translated from French by: Shushanik Tamrazyan
Published by “Antares”, 2020