The Last Day of a Condemned Man
Deeply shocking in its time, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a profound and moving tale and a vital work of social commentary. A man vilified by society and condemned to death for his crime wakes every morning knowing that this day might be his last. With the hope for release his only comfort,...
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Deeply shocking in its time, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a profound and moving tale and a vital work of social commentary. A man vilified by society and condemned to death for his crime wakes every morning knowing that this day might be his last. With the hope for release his only comfort, he spends his hours recounting his life and the time before his imprisonment. But as the hours pass, he knows that he is powerless to change his fate. He must follow the path so many have trod before him—the path that leads to the guillotine.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781843910077 (1843910071)
Publish date: July 1st 2002
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Pages no: 109
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Politics,
Philosophy,
19th Century,
Roman,
France,
French Literature
This is a work somewhere between a long short story and a short novella. It concerns, as the title suggests, the last days of a condemned man. It focuses on the emotional life of the condemned man and is an indictment of capital punishment. Included with the work is a preface that is an angry ess...
Likely to have had an impact at the time, and written with the mandatory flair and self-pity. Yet not as gripping today as it was before.
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