- Man Who Laughs, The
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Hugo, Victor
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The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published under the title "By Order of the King".
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- Chapters
- Preliminary Chapter - Ursus, part I and II
- Preliminary Chapter - Ursus, part III and IV
- Another Preliminary Chapter - The Comparchicos
- Part I, Book the First, Chapter I - Portland Bill
- Part I, Book the First, Chapter II - Left Alone
- Part I, Book the First, Chapter III - Alone
- Part I, Book the First, Chapter IV - Questions
- Part I, Book the First, Chapter V - The Tree of Human Invention
- Part I, Book the First, Chapter VI - Struggle Between Death and Night
- Part I, Book the First, Chapter VII - The North Point of Portland
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter I - Superhuman Laws
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter II - Our First Rough Sketches Filled In
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter III - Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter IV - A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the Scene
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter V - Hardquanonne
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VI - They Think that Help is at Hand
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VII - Superhuman Horrors
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VIII - Nix et Nox
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter IX - The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter X - The Colossal Savage, the Storm
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XI - The Caskets
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Face to Face with the Rock
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIII - Face to Face with Night
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIV - Ortach
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XV - Portentosum Mare
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVI - The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVII - The Last Resource
- Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVIII - The Highest Resource
- Part I, Book the Third, Chapter I - Chesil
- Part I, Book the Third, Chapter II - The Effect of Snow
- Part I, Book the Third, Chapter III - A Burden Makes a Rough Road Rougher
- Part I, Book the Third, Chapter IV - Another Form of Desert
- Part I, Book the Third, Chapter V - Misanthropy Plays its Pranks
- Part I, Book the Third, Chapter VI - The Awakening
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter I - Lord Clancharlie
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter II - Lord David Dirry-Moir
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter III - The Duchess Josiana
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter IV - The Leader of Fashion
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter V - Queen Anne
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter VI - Barkilphedro
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter VII - Barkilphedro Gnaws His Way
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter VIII - Inferi
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter IX - Hate is as Strong as Love
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter X - The Flame which would be Seen if Man were Transparent
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter XI - Barkilphedro in Ambuscade
- Part II, Book the First, Chapter XII - Scotland, Ireland and England
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter I - Wherein we see the Face of Him of whom we have hitherto seen only the Acts
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter II - Dea
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter III - "Oculus non habet, et videt"
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter IV - Well-matched Lovers
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter V - The Blue Sky through the Black Cloud
- 052 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VI - Ursus as Tutor, and Ursus as Guardian
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VII - Blindness Gives Lessons in Clairvoyance
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VIII - Not only Happiness, but Prosperity
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter IX - Absurdities which Folks without Taste call Poetry
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter X - An Outsider's View of Men and Things
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter XI - Gwynplaine Thinks Justice, and Ursus Talks Truth
- Part II, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Ursus the Poet Drags on Ursus the Philosopher
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter I - The Tadcaster Inn
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter II - Open-Air Eloquence
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter III - Where the Passer-by Reappears
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter IV - Contraries Fraternize in Hate
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter V - The Wapentake
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VI - The Mouse Examined by the Cats
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VII - Why Should a Gold Piece Lower Itself by Mixing With a Heap of Pennies?
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VIII - Symptoms of Poisoning
- Part II, Book the Third, Chapter IX - Abyssus abyssum vocat
- 068 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter I - The Temptation of St. Gwynplaine
- Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter II - From Gay to Grave
- Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter III - Lex, Rex, Fex
- Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter IV - Ursus Spies the Police
- Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter V - A fearful Place
- Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VI - The kind of Magistracy under the Wigs of Former Days
- Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VII - Shuddering
- Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VIII - Lamentation
- Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter I - The Durability of Fragile Things
- Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter II - The Waif Knows Its Own Course
- Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter III - An Awakening
- Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter IV - Fascination
- Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter V - We Think We Remember; We Forget
- Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter I - What the Misanthrope said
- Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter II - What He did
- Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter III - Complications
- Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter IV - Moenius surdis campana muta
- Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter V - State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great
- Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter I - The Awakening
- Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter II - The Resemblance of a Palace to a Wood
- Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter III - Eve
- Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter IV - Satan
- Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter V - They Recognize, but do not Know, Each Other
- Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter I - Analysis of Majestic Matters
- Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter II - Impartiality
- Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter III - The Old Hall
- Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter IV - The Old Chamber
- Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter V - Aristocratic Gossip
- Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VI - The High and the Low
- Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VII - Storms of Men are Worse than Storms of Oceans
- Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VIII - He would be a good Brother, Were he not a Good Son
- Part II, Book the Ninth, Chapter I - It is through Excess of Greatness that Man reaches Excess of Misery
- Part II, Book the Ninth, Chapter II - The Dregs
- Conclusion, Chapter I - A Watch-Dog may be a Guardian Angel
- Conclusion, Chapter II - Barkilphedro, Having Aimed at the Eagle, Brings down the Dove
- Conclusion, Chapter III - Paradise Regained Below
- Conclusion, Chapter IV - Nay; on High!
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