Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Laughs

Translation of: L'homme Qui Rit

Release date is 2004-06-01

Steven desJardins and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

"The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History" by Victor Hugo is a Gothic novel published in 1869. Set in late 17th-century England, it follows Gwynplaine, a young nobleman disfigured as a child by royal command, his face carved into a permanent grin. Traveling with a philosopher and a blind girl he rescued, Gwynplaine becomes a carnival performer whose grotesque smile provokes laughter and desire. When his true identity surfaces, he's thrust into a cruel aristocratic world that destroyed him, forcing a confrontation between his past and present. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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