Claude Gueux

Victor Hugo


Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75 · 16 ratings · 96 pages · Published: 1834

Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo
"Claude Gueux" was a short story written by Victor Hugo in 1834. It is considered an early example of "true crime" fiction, and contains Hugo's early thoughts on societal injustice which thirty years later he would flesh out in his novel Les Miserables. Charles Carlier, merchant, and editor of the Revue de Paris considered the work to be of such great educational value that he arranged for copies to be sent to all the deputies in France.

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