Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné

Name: Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné
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Author: Victor Hugo
ISBN: 9782080481504

Victor Hugo

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Un homme sans nom dont on ne sait rien, pas même le crime, vient d'être condamné à la guillotine : il ne lui reste plus que quelques jours à vivre. Dans l'attente de son exécution, il consigne ses dernières pensées et sensations. Son journal suit le flot chaotique de sa conscience, avec des moments de panique, des sursauts d'espoir ou de révolte, et une hantise - celle de la mort qui vient.
Texte d'une inaltérable actualité et premier acte d'un combat dont Hugo demeurera le symbole, Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné (1829) est, d'après son auteur, « la plaidoirie générale et permanente pour tous les accusés présents et à venir ». Et reste sans doute le plus grand réquisitoire jamais écrit contre la peine de mort.

Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera Rigoletto and the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment and slavery. Although he was a committed royalist when young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, serving in politics as both deputy and senator. His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism, and his literary stature, established him as a national hero. Hugo died on 22 May 1885, aged 83. He was given a state funeral in the Panthéon of Paris, which was attended by over two million people, the largest in French history.