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The Man Who Laughs

by Victor Hugo

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Author
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
Title
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
Credits
Steven desJardins and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688 -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
12587
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12587
Release Date
June 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Man Who Laughs
  2. 2.By Victor Hugo — CONTENTS. — Preliminary Chapter.—Ursus — Another Preliminary Chapter.—The Comprachicos — PART I. — BOOK THE FIRST.—NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN. — I.—Portland Bill — II.—Left Alone — III.—Alone — IV.—Questions — V.—The Tree of Human Invention — VI.—Struggle between Death and Night — VII.—The North Point of Portland — BOOK THE SECOND.—THE HOOKER AT SEA. — I.—Superhuman Laws — II.—Our First Rough Sketches Filled in — III.—Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea — IV.—A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the Scene — V.—Hardquanonne — VI.—They Think that Help is at Hand — VII.—Superhuman Horrors — VIII.—Nix et Nox — IX.—The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea — X.—The Colossal Savage, the Storm — XI.—The Caskets — XII.—Face to Face with the Rock — XIII.—Face to Face with Night — XIV.—Ortach — XV.—Portentosum Mare — XVI.—The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence — XVII.—The Last Resource — XVIII.—The Highest Resource — BOOK THE THIRD.—THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW. — I.—Chesil — II.—The Effect of Snow — III.—A Burden Makes a Rough Road Rougher — IV.—Another Form of Desert — V.—Misanthropy Plays Its Pranks — VI.—The Awaking — PART II. — BOOK THE FIRST.—THE EVERLASTING PRESENCE OF THE PAST. MAN REFLECTS MAN. — I.—Lord Clancharlie — II.—Lord David Dirry-Moir — III.—The Duchess Josiana — IV.—The Leader of Fashion — V.—Queen Anne — VI.—Barkilphedro — VII.—Barkilphedro Gnaws His Way — VIII.—Inferi — IX.—Hate is as Strong as Love — X.—The Flame which would be Seen if Man were Transparent — XI.—Barkilphedro in Ambuscade — XII.—Scotland, Ireland, and England — BOOK THE SECOND.—GWYNPLAINE AND DEA. — I.—Wherein we see the Face of Him of whom we have hitherto seen only the Acts — II.—Dea — III.—"Oculos non Habet, et Videt" — IV.—Well-matched Lovers — V.—The Blue Sky through the Black Cloud — VI.—Ursus as Tutor, and Ursus as Guardian — VII.—Blindness Gives Lessons in Clairvoyance — VIII.—Not only Happiness, but Prosperity — IX.—Absurdities which Folks without Taste call Poetry — X.—An Outsider's View of Men and Things — XI.—Gwynplaine Thinks Justice, and Ursus Talks Truth — XII.—Ursus the Poet Drags on Ursus the Philosopher — BOOK THE THIRD.—THE BEGINNING OF THE FISSURE. — I.—The Tadcaster Inn — II.—Open-Air Eloquence — III.—Where the Passer-by Reappears — IV.—Contraries Fraternize in Hate — V.—The Wapentake — VI.—The Mouse Examined by the Cats — VII.—Why Should a Gold Piece Lower Itself by Mixing with a Heap of Pennies? — VIII.—Symptoms of Poisoning — IX.—Abyssus Abyssum Vocat — BOOK THE FOURTH.—THE CELL OF TORTURE. — I.—The Temptation of St. Gwynplaine — II.—From Gay to Grave — III.—Lex, Rex, Fex — IV.—Ursus Spies the Police — V.—A Fearful Place — VI.—The Kind of Magistracy under the Wigs of Former Days — VII.—Shuddering — VIII.—Lamentation — BOOK THE FIFTH.—THE SEA AND FATE ARE MOVED BY THE SAME BREATH. — I.—The Durability of Fragile Things — II.—The Waif Knows Its Own Course — III.—An Awakening — IV.—Fascination — V.—We Think We Remember; We Forget — BOOK THE SIXTH.—URSUS UNDER DIFFERENT ASPECTS. — I.—What the Misanthrope said — II.—What He did — III.—Complications — IV.—Moenibus Surdis Campana Muta — V.—State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great — BOOK THE SEVENTH.—THE TITANESS. — I.—The Awakening — II.—The Resemblance of a Palace to a Wood — III.—Eve — IV.—Satan — V.—They Recognize, but do not Know, Each Other — BOOK THE EIGHTH.—THE CAPITOL AND THINGS AROUND IT. — I.—Analysis of Majestic Matters — II.—Impartiality — III.—The Old Hall — IV.—The Old Chamber — V.—Aristocratic Gossip — VI.—The High and the Low — VII.—Storms of Men are Worse than Storms of Oceans — VIII.—He would be a Good Brother, were he not a Good Son — BOOK THE NINTH.—IN RUINS. — I.—It is through Excess of Greatness that Man reaches Excess of Misery — II.—The Dregs — CONCLUSION.—THE NIGHT AND THE SEA. — I.—A Watch-dog may be a Guardian Angel — II.—Barkilphedro, having aimed at the Eagle, brings down the Dove — III.—Paradise Regained Below — IV.—Nay; on High!
  3. 3.THE LAUGHING MAN. — A ROMANCE OF ENGLISH HISTORY.
  4. 4.PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. — URSUS. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
  5. 5.ANOTHER PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. — THE COMPRACHICOS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
  6. 6.PART I.
  7. 7.BOOK THE FIRST. — NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN .
  8. 8.CHAPTER I. — PORTLAND BILL.
  9. 9.CHAPTER II. — LEFT ALONE.
  10. 10.CHAPTER III. — ALONE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — QUESTIONS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER V. — THE TREE OF HUMAN INVENTION.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEATH AND LIFE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — THE NORTH POINT OF PORTLAND.
  15. 15.BOOK THE SECOND. — THE HOOKER AT SEA .
  16. 16.CHAPTER I. — SUPERHUMAN LAWS.
  17. 17.CHAPTER II. — OUR FIRST ROUGH SKETCHES FILLED IN.
  18. 18.CHAPTER III. — TROUBLED MEN ON THE TROUBLED SEA.
  19. 19.CHAPTER IV. — A CLOUD DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS ENTERS ON THE SCENE.
  20. 20.CHAPTER V. — HARDQUANONNE.
  21. 21.CHAPTER VI. — THEY THINK THAT HELP IS AT HAND.
  22. 22.CHAPTER VII. — SUPERHUMAN HORRORS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER VIII. — NIX ET NOX.
  24. 24.CHAPTER IX. — THE CHARGE CONFIDED TO A RAGING SEA.
  25. 25.CHAPTER X. — THE COLOSSAL SAVAGE, THE STORM.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XI. — THE CASKETS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XII. — FACE TO FACE WITH THE ROCK.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XIII. — FACE TO FACE WITH NIGHT.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XIV. — ORTACH.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XV. — PORTENTOSUM MARE.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XVI. — THE PROBLEM SUDDENLY WORKS IN SILENCE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XVII. — THE LAST RESOURCE.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE HIGHEST RESOURCE.
  34. 34.BOOK THE THIRD. — THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW .
  35. 35.CHAPTER I. — CHESIL.
  36. 36.CHAPTER II. — THE EFFECT OF SNOW.
  37. 37.CHAPTER III. — A BURDEN MAKES A ROUGH ROAD ROUGHER.
  38. 38.CHAPTER IV. — ANOTHER FORM OF DESERT.
  39. 39.CHAPTER V. — MISANTHROPY PLAYS ITS PRANKS.
  40. 40.CHAPTER VI. — THE AWAKING.
  41. 41.PART II.
  42. 42.BOOK THE FIRST. — THE EVERLASTING PRESENCE OF THE PAST: MAN REFLECTS MAN .
  43. 43.CHAPTER I. — LORD CLANCHARLIE. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
  44. 44.CHAPTER II. — LORD DAVID DIRRY-MOIR. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
  45. 45.CHAPTER III. — THE DUCHESS JOSIANA. — II. — III.
  46. 46.CHAPTER IV. — THE LEADER OF FASHION.
  47. 47.CHAPTER V. — QUEEN ANNE. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
  48. 48.CHAPTER VI. — BARKILPHEDRO.
  49. 49.CHAPTER VII. — BARKILPHEDRO GNAWS HIS WAY.
  50. 50.CHAPTER VIII. — INFERI.
  51. 51.CHAPTER IX. — HATE IS AS STRONG AS LOVE.
  52. 52.CHAPTER X. — THE FLAME WHICH WOULD BE SEEN IF MAN WERE TRANSPARENT.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XI. — BARKILPHEDRO IN AMBUSCADE.
  54. 54.CHAPTER XII. — SCOTLAND, IRELAND, AND ENGLAND.
  55. 55.BOOK THE SECOND. — GWYNPLAINE AND DEA.
  56. 56.CHAPTER I. — WHEREIN WE SEE THE FACE OF HIM OF WHOM WE HAVE HITHERTO SEEN ONLY THE ACTS.
  57. 57.CHAPTER II. — DEA.
  58. 58.CHAPTER III. — "OCULOS NON HABET, ET VIDET."
  59. 59.CHAPTER IV. — WELL-MATCHED LOVERS.
  60. 60.CHAPTER V. — THE BLUE SKY THROUGH THE BLACK CLOUD.
  61. 61.CHAPTER VI. — URSUS AS TUTOR, AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN.
  62. 62.CHAPTER VII. — BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE.
  63. 63.CHAPTER VIII. — NOT ONLY HAPPINESS, BUT PROSPERITY.
  64. 64.CHAPTER IX. — ABSURDITIES WHICH FOLKS WITHOUT TASTE CALL POETRY.
  65. 65.CHAPTER X. — AN OUTSIDER'S VIEW OF MEN AND THINGS.
  66. 66.CHAPTER XI. — GWYNPLAINE THINKS JUSTICE, AND URSUS TALKS TRUTH.
  67. 67.CHAPTER XII. — URSUS THE POET DRAGS ON URSUS THE PHILOSOPHER.
  68. 68.BOOK THE THIRD. — THE BEGINNING OF THE FISSURE.
  69. 69.CHAPTER I. — THE TADCASTER INN.
  70. 70.CHAPTER II. — OPEN-AIR ELOQUENCE.
  71. 71.CHAPTER III. — WHERE THE PASSER-BY REAPPEARS.
  72. 72.CHAPTER IV. — CONTRARIES FRATERNIZE IN HATE.
  73. 73.CHAPTER V. — THE WAPENTAKE.
  74. 74.CHAPTER VI. — THE MOUSE EXAMINED BY THE CATS.
  75. 75.CHAPTER VII. — WHY SHOULD A GOLD PIECE LOWER ITSELF BY MIXING WITH A HEAP OF PENNIES?
  76. 76.CHAPTER VIII. — SYMPTOMS OF POISONING.
  77. 77.CHAPTER IX. — ABYSSUS ABYSSUM VOCAT.
  78. 78.BOOK THE FOURTH. — THE CELL OF TORTURE.
  79. 79.CHAPTER I. — THE TEMPTATION OF ST. GWYNPLAINE.
  80. 80.CHAPTER II. — FROM GAY TO GRAVE.
  81. 81.CHAPTER III. — LEX, REX, FEX.
  82. 82.CHAPTER IV. — URSUS SPIES THE POLICE.
  83. 83.CHAPTER V. — A FEARFUL PLACE.
  84. 84.CHAPTER VI. — THE KIND OF MAGISTRACY UNDER THE WIGS OF FORMER DAYS.
  85. 85.CHAPTER VII. — SHUDDERING.
  86. 86.CHAPTER VIII. — LAMENTATION.
  87. 87.BOOK THE FIFTH. — THE SEA AND FATE ARE MOVED BY THE SAME BREATH.
  88. 88.CHAPTER I. — THE DURABILITY OF FRAGILE THINGS.
  89. 89.CHAPTER II. — THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.
  90. 90.CHAPTER III. — AN AWAKENING.
  91. 91.CHAPTER IV. — FASCINATION.
  92. 92.CHAPTER V. — WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET.
  93. 93.BOOK THE SIXTH. — URSUS UNDER DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
  94. 94.CHAPTER I. — WHAT THE MISANTHROPE SAID.
  95. 95.CHAPTER II. — WHAT HE DID.
  96. 96.CHAPTER III. — COMPLICATIONS.
  97. 97.CHAPTER IV. — MOENIBUS SURDIS CAMPANA MUTA.
  98. 98.CHAPTER V. — STATE POLICY DEALS WITH LITTLE MATTERS AS WELL AS WITH GREAT.
  99. 99.BOOK THE SEVENTH. — THE TITANESS.
  100. 100.CHAPTER I. — THE AWAKENING.
  101. 101.CHAPTER II. — THE RESEMBLANCE OF A PALACE TO A WOOD.
  102. 102.CHAPTER III. — EVE.
  103. 103.CHAPTER IV. — SATAN.
  104. 104.CHAPTER V. — THEY RECOGNIZE, BUT DO NOT KNOW, EACH OTHER.
  105. 105.BOOK THE EIGHTH. — THE CAPITOL AND THINGS AROUND IT.
  106. 106.CHAPTER I. — ANALYSIS OF MAJESTIC MATTERS.
  107. 107.CHAPTER II. — IMPARTIALITY.
  108. 108.CHAPTER III. — THE OLD HALL.
  109. 109.CHAPTER IV. — THE OLD CHAMBER.
  110. 110.CHAPTER V. — ARISTOCRATIC GOSSIP.
  111. 111.CHAPTER VI. — THE HIGH AND THE LOW.
  112. 112.CHAPTER VII. — STORMS OF MEN ARE WORSE THAN STORMS OF OCEANS.
  113. 113.CHAPTER VIII. — HE WOULD BE A GOOD BROTHER, WERE HE NOT A GOOD SON.
  114. 114.BOOK THE NINTH. — IN RUINS.
  115. 115.CHAPTER I. — IT IS THROUGH EXCESS OF GREATNESS THAT MAN REACHES EXCESS OF MISERY.
  116. 116.CHAPTER II. — THE DREGS.
  117. 117.CONCLUSION. — THE NIGHT AND THE SEA.
  118. 118.CHAPTER I. — A WATCH-DOG MAY BE A GUARDIAN ANGEL.
  119. 119.CHAPTER II. — BARKILPHEDRO, HAVING AIMED AT THE EAGLE, BRINGS DOWN THE DOVE.
  120. 120.CHAPTER III. — PARADISE REGAINED BELOW.
  121. 121.CHAPTER IV. — NAY; ON HIGH!

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