Under Sentence of Death; Or, a Criminal's Last Hours
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Day_of_a_Condemned_Man "Together with Told Under Canvas and Claude Gueux" Release date is 2015-09-19
Under sentence of death; or, a criminal's last hours -- Told under canvas: Bug-Jargal -- Claude Gueux.
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"Under Sentence of Death; Or, a Criminal's Last Hours" by Victor Hugo is a novella first published in 1829. It recounts the thoughts and fears of a man condemned to die by guillotine in 19th-century France. Written to advocate for abolishing the death penalty, the work traces the prisoner's psychological transformation as he awaits execution, recording his observations of prison life while never revealing his name or crime. The story culminates on his final day as reality closes in. (This is an automatically generated summary.)