The Last Day of a Condemned Man

Victor Hugo’s scandalous book “The Last Day of a Condemned Man” is a genuine diary of someone sentenced to death! Initially published anonymously, the book achieved an astonishing level of success!

A story about what a condemned man experiences on his last day touches those unimaginable strings of the soul that, when you read, tighten to the limit. The author—i.e., the publisher, Victor Hugo—doesn’t understand why some people have the power to cut short a human life, no matter what sins the condemned person committed. Hugo emphasizes that no wrongdoing deserves such suffering. He must have been one of the first voices to speak out against executions.