Man Who Laughs
Victor Hugo
104 chapters · 24 h 52 min · English
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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". (Introduction by Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 001 - Preliminary Chapter - Ursus, part I and II 27 min 2 002 - Preliminary Chapter - Ursus, part III and IV 28 min 3 003 - Another Preliminary Chapter - The Comparchicos 36 min 4 004 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter I - Portland Bill 17 min 5 005 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter II - Left Alone 10 min 6 006 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter III - Alone 14 min 7 007 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter IV - Questions 5 min 8 008 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter V - The Tree of Human Invention 14 min 9 009 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter VI - Struggle Between Death and Night 14 min 10 010 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter VII - The North Point of Portland 11 min 11 011 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter I - Superhuman Laws 7 min 12 012 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter II - Our First Rough Sketches Filled In 10 min 13 013 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter III - Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea 8 min 14 014 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter IV - A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the Scene 23 min 15 015 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter V - Hardquanonne 5 min 16 016 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VI - They Think that Help is at Hand 4 min 17 017 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VII - Superhuman Horrors 10 min 18 018 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter VIII - Nix et Nox 8 min 19 019 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter IX - The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea 4 min 20 020 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter X - The Colossal Savage, the Storm 10 min 21 021 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XI - The Caskets 6 min 22 022 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Face to Face with the Rock 8 min 23 023 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIII - Face to Face with Night 3 min 24 024 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIV - Ortach 4 min 25 025 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XV - Portentosum Mare 14 min 26 026 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVI - The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence 6 min 27 027 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVII - The Last Resource 9 min 28 028 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVIII - The Highest Resource 15 min 29 029 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter I - Chesil 11 min 30 030 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter II - The Effect of Snow 9 min 31 031 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter III - A Burden Makes a Rough Road Rougher 11 min 32 032 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter IV - Another Form of Desert 12 min 33 033 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter V - Misanthropy Plays its Pranks 35 min 34 034 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter VI - The Awakening 7 min 35 035 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter I - Lord Clancharlie 31 min 36 036 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter II - Lord David Dirry-Moir 14 min 37 037 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter III - The Duchess Josiana 18 min 38 038 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter IV - The Leader of Fashion 14 min 39 039 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter V - Queen Anne 16 min 40 040 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VI - Barkilphedro 16 min 41 041 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VII - Barkilphedro Gnaws His Way 16 min 42 042 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VIII - Inferi 6 min 43 043 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter IX - Hate is as Strong as Love 19 min 44 044 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter X - The Flame which would be Seen if Man were Transparent 19 min 45 045 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter XI - Barkilphedro in Ambuscade 10 min 46 046 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter XII - Scotland, Ireland and England 18 min 47 047 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter I - Wherein we see the Face of Him of whom we have hitherto seen only the Acts 12 min 48 048 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter II - Dea 7 min 49 049 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter III - "Oculus non habet, et videt" 6 min 50 050 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter IV - Well-matched Lovers 8 min 51 051 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter V - The Blue Sky through the Black Cloud 11 min 52 052 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VI - Ursus as Tutor, and Ursus as Guardian 10 min 53 053 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VII - Blindness Gives Lessons in Clairvoyance 8 min 54 054 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VIII - Not only Happiness, but Prosperity 13 min 55 055 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter IX - Absurdities which Folks without Taste call Poetry 15 min 56 056 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter X - An Outsider's View of Men and Things 14 min 57 057 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter XI - Gwynplaine Thinks Justice, and Ursus Talks Truth 23 min 58 058 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Ursus the Poet Drags on Ursus the Philosopher 7 min 59 059 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter I - The Tadcaster Inn 8 min 60 060 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter II - Open-Air Eloquence 13 min 61 061 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter III - Where the Passer-by Reappears 12 min 62 062 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter IV - Contraries Fraternize in Hate 13 min 63 063 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter V - The Wapentake 8 min 64 064 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VI - The Mouse Examined by the Cats 18 min 65 065 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VII - Why Should a Gold Piece Lower Itself by Mixing With a Heap of Pennies? 15 min 66 066 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VIII - Symptoms of Poisoning 12 min 67 067 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter IX - Abyssus abyssum vocat 22 min 68 068 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter I - The Temptation of St. Gwynplaine 18 min 69 069 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter II - From Gay to Grave 15 min 70 070 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter III - Lex, Rex, Fex 9 min 71 071 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter IV - Ursus Spies the Police 11 min 72 072 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter V - A fearful Place 5 min 73 073 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VI - The kind of Magistracy under the Wigs of Former Days 10 min 74 074 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VII - Shuddering 5 min 75 075 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VIII - Lamentation 35 min 76 076 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter I - The Durability of Fragile Things 25 min 77 077 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter II - The Waif Knows Its Own Course 33 min 78 078 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter III - An Awakening 8 min 79 079 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter IV - Fascination 14 min 80 080 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter V - We Think We Remember; We Forget 19 min 81 081 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter I - What the Misanthrope said 8 min 82 082 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter II - What He did 28 min 83 083 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter III - Complications 6 min 84 084 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter IV - Moenius surdis campana muta 14 min 85 085 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter V - State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great 21 min 86 086 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter I - The Awakening 6 min 87 087 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter II - The Resemblance of a Palace to a Wood 10 min 88 088 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter III - Eve 15 min 89 089 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter IV - Satan 26 min 90 090 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter V - They Recognize, but do not Know, Each Other 6 min 91 091 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter I - Analysis of Majestic Matters 29 min 92 092 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter II - Impartiality 21 min 93 093 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter III - The Old Hall 15 min 94 094 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter IV - The Old Chamber 11 min 95 095 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter V - Aristocratic Gossip 18 min 96 096 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VI - The High and the Low 9 min 97 097 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VII - Storms of Men are Worse than Storms of Oceans 43 min 98 098 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VIII - He would be a good Brother, Were he not a Good Son 16 min 99 099 - Part II, Book the Ninth, Chapter I - It is through Excess of Greatness that Man reaches Excess of Misery 10 min 100 100 - Part II, Book the Ninth, Chapter II - The Dregs 45 min 101 101 - Conclusion, Chapter I - A Watch-Dog may be a Guardian Angel 10 min 102 102 - Conclusion, Chapter II - Barkilphedro, Having Aimed at the Eagle, Brings down the Dove 18 min 103 103 - Conclusion, Chapter III - Paradise Regained Below 15 min 104 104 - Conclusion, Chapter IV - Nay; on High! 17 min
