The Man Who Laughs
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title:
The Man Who Laughs
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The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. It takes place in England beginning in 1690 and extends into the early 18th-century reign of Queen Anne. It depicts England's royalty and aristocracy of the time as cruel and power-hungry. Hugo intended parallels with the France of Louis-Philippe and the Régence. The novel concerns the life of a young nobleman, also known as Gwynplaine, disfigured as a child, who travels with
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Novel by Victor Hugo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Laughs
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2005-02-12T03:43:22Z
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2024-09-15T17:37:07Z
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