... THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 3
CHAPTER 1
At that period London had but one bridge London Bridge, with houses ... elbows on the Effroc Stone, as on the parapet of a quay.
Thence they could look down on the Thames; on the other side of the water
London dwindled away into fields.
Up the river from the Effroc ... flush as in the iron turre...
... since, in 17 02,
which is not long ago, you see, they placed in the pillory a scoundrel, called Daniel
Defoe, who had had the audacity to print the names of the Members of Parliament
who had ... Laughing
Man, a nice little fortune. "Chaos Vanquished" had succeeded in two ways. While
it made art triumph on the stage, it made drunkenness prosper in the tavern....
... much of heaven,
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 3
CHAPTER 9
Abyssus Abyssum Vocat
Another face, disappeared Tom-Jim-Jack's. Suddenly he ceased to frequent the
Tadcaster ... of him a man.
It was the man who, coming behind him with the stealth of a cat, had placed the
paper in his fingers.
The paper was a letter.
The man, as he appea...
...
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 4
CHAPTER 1
The Temptation of St. Gwynplaine
One jet of flame hardly makes a prick in the darkness; another sets fire to a ... then?
That then was terror-striking.
There was a woman who desired him! If so, let no one ever again pronounce the
word incredible! A woman desire him! A woman who had seen his face!...
... Such are the hidden channels by which truth,
swallowed up in the gulf of human actions, floats to the surface."
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 5
CHAPTER 1
The Durability ... the justice of the quorum set in motion the man dressed in leather.
This man, who was the executioner's assistant, "groom of the gibbet," t...
...
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 3
CHAPTER 2
Open-Air Eloquence
One very cold and windy evening, on which there was every reason why folks
should hasten on their way along the street, a man, who ... the court
on the other side of the wall, a voice a little weakened by age, but so powerful
notwithstanding that it reached the passer-by in the street. At the same tim...
...
few words exchanged now and then with the tavern-keeper, they held no
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 3
CHAPTER 3
Where the Passer-by Reappears
The Green Box, as we have just ... some alderman's wife should come.
They began their performances. The crowd immediately flocked to them, but the
compartment for the nobility remained empty. With...
... however, for the group
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 3
CHAPTER 4
Contraries Fraternize in Hate
Success is hateful, especially to those whom it overthrows. It is rare that the eaten ... concordance, the rise here,
the fall there. Theatres experience the effect of tides: they rise in one only on
condition of falling in another. The swarming fore...
...
"You are a stupid ass."
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 3
CHAPTER 6
The Mouse Examined by the Cats
Ursus was soon afterwards startled by another alarming circumstance. ... regard to the devil. Belief in the
devil is the reverse side of faith in God. The one proves the other. He who does not
believe a little in the devil, does no...
... refractory. Gwynplaine felt a shock under the rigid touch of the law;
then he sat as though petrified.
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 4
CHAPTER 2
From Gay to Grave
How simple is ...
And he smiled. He had just burnt the duchess's letter.
The conscience of the man who loves is the guardian angel of the woman whom he
loves.
Unburde...