The Last Day of a Condemned Man av Victor Hugo

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<p>A first-person diary of a prisoner''s final day before being executed for an unspecified crime, Victor Hugo''s poignant tale vividly conveys the mental anguish of a man confronted with the intransigent mechanism of justice, as his mind seeks refuge in recollections from his past and philosophical musings on his inevitable fate.<br><br> As relevant today as when it was first published in 1829, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is an eloquent plea for compassion and a masterpiece of realist fiction. This edition includes the Preface to the 1832 edition of the book, a manifest of Hugo''s personal opinions, ''A Comedy about a Tragedy'' and ''Claude Gueux'', an early example of ¿true crime¿ fiction.</p>