The Last Day of a Condemned Man
5 hrs. 58 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Victor Hugo
Author
Victor Hugo
Narrator
Konstantin Korolkov
Narrator
Konstantin Korolkov
Description
In the death row cell waits a man who knows perfectly well: he has nothing left to hope for. But for now he is still alive. Thinking. Feeling. Remembering…
Victor Hugo, an active opponent of the death penalty, for the sake of higher goals went along with a literary hoax. In 1829 he published a short story, “The Last Day of a Condemned Man,” anonymously, presenting it as the genuine diary of a person sentenced to the ultimate punishment. It was followed by a sensational success—and then, once the author’s name was revealed, came an equally unprecedented press persecution of Hugo…
However, the names of those who attacked him have long been forgotten, and the story still remains one of the strongest works defending a person’s inalienable right to life—even if the person is a criminal.
The collection also includes the play “Ruy Blas,” which belongs to Hugo’s “romantic” period.
Victor Hugo, an active opponent of the death penalty, for the sake of higher goals went along with a literary hoax. In 1829 he published a short story, “The Last Day of a Condemned Man,” anonymously, presenting it as the genuine diary of a person sentenced to the ultimate punishment. It was followed by a sensational success—and then, once the author’s name was revealed, came an equally unprecedented press persecution of Hugo…
However, the names of those who attacked him have long been forgotten, and the story still remains one of the strongest works defending a person’s inalienable right to life—even if the person is a criminal.
The collection also includes the play “Ruy Blas,” which belongs to Hugo’s “romantic” period.
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