Ninety-Three
A France, Classics, French Literature book. To know how to distinguish the agitation arising from covetousness, from the agitation arising from principles, to fight the one...
Ninety-three, the last of Victor Hugo's novels, is regarded by many including such diverse critics as Robert Louis Stevenson and André Maurois as his greatest work.1793, Year Two of the Republic, saw the establishment of the National Convention, the execution of Louis XVI, the Terror, and the monarchist revolt in the Vendée, brutally suppressed by the Republic. Hugo's epic follows...
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- Pages: 352 pages
- ISBN: 9781889439310 / 1889439312
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A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man, because she is an instrument of pleasure. Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three To know how to distinguish the agitation arising from covetousness, from the agitation arising from principles, to fight the one and aid the other, in this lies the genius and the power of great revolutionary leaders. Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery. Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This novel was read in French, the English translation being Ninety-Three.Victor Hugo published this, his last novel, in 1874, the events of the story having occurred during the French Revolution and its War in the Vendee in 1793 at the height of the Terror... Good fiction about the French revolution. Enjoyed the plot, but still struggle with Hugo's style. This is the best translation (according to an academic friend who has researched it) and this is an incredible book. I am only on the 4th chapter and already I have had at least 5 instances where I have been struck by how perfectly worded a sentence is, or a description is, and I have to stop and read it again. Historical fiction, French...
