For other uses, see The Man Who Laughs (disambiguation).
The Man Who Laughs
"At the Green Box.", frontispiece to volume II of the 1869 English translation.
Author
Victor Hugo
Original title
L'Homme qui rit
Country
France
Language
French
Genre
Novel
Published
April 1869 A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce
Media type
Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages
386
OCLC
49383068
The Man Who Laughs (also published under the title By Order of the King from its subtitle in French)[1] 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.[2]
The novel concerns the life of a young nobleman, also known as Gwynplaine, disfigured as a child (on the orders of the king), who travels with his protector and companion, the vagabond philosopher Ursus, and Dea, the baby girl he rescues during a storm. The novel is famous for Gwynplaine's mutilated face, stuck in a permanent laugh. The book has inspired many artists, dramatists and film-makers.[3]
^Davidson, Arthur Fitzwilliam (1912). Victor Hugo: his life and work. J.B. Lippincott. pp. 273–274.
^Roman, Myriam (2002). Preface to Le Livre de Poche Classiques edition. p. 16.
^"L'âme a-t-elle un visage?" [Does the soul have a face?] (PDF) (in French). 1 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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