«The Man Who Laughs» in French with a Parallel Translation
Original title:
L'homme qui rit
Language:
French
Difficulty:
C1
Year:
1869
Number of pages:
498
"The Man Who Laughs" is one of the novels penned by the great French writer Victor Hugo in the 1860s. This is a historical novel that narrates the story of Gwynplaine, a boy disfigured by Comprachicos (Comprachicos is Hugo's term to define a criminal society engaged in child abduction). The story is set in England at the late 17th - early 18th century and is similar to the famous Cinderella.
