The last day sentenced to death. Hugo V.

In the cells cell, a person awaits his last day, who knows very well: he has nothing more to hope for. But while he still lives. Thinks. Feeling. Recalls...

Viktor Hugo, an active opponent of the death penalty, went for the sake of the highest goals for literary hoax - in 1829 he published a small story “The Last Day of the Sentenced to Death” anonymously, under the guise of a genuine diary of the convicted person to the highest The measure of punishment. The sensational success followed, and after him-it was worth opening the name of the author-the equally unprecedented persecution of Hugo in the press...

However, the names of the bullets have long been forgotten, and the story remains one of the most powerful works in defense Inalienable human rights (even a criminal) to life.

The collection also includes the play “Rui Blaz”, relating to the “romantic” period of Hugo's work.