THE MAN WHO LAUGHS /
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS / At head of title: Classics illustrated featuring Stories by the World's Greatest Authors. Victor Hugo ; Adaptation: Alfred Sundel ; Illustrated by: Norman Nodel. - 48 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 25 cm. - Classics illustrated ; No. 71 . - Classics illustrated ; No. 71 .
GRAPHIC NOVELS. Victor Hugo's scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain's political system tells a story of abduction, mutilation, loss and prejudice. The narrative follows Gwynplaine, the two-year- old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, who has him mutilated (to produce a permanent, grisly smile), then abandoned. After years of living frugally he is re-introduced to the aristocratic life, and resolves to become the voice of the voiceless, whether he is heard or not.
Primary.
9781911238355 RM 38.26
Children's stories--Comic books, strips, etc.
Great Britain--History--1689-1714--Comic books, strips,etc.
Graphic novels.
Comics adaptations.
741.5973
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS / At head of title: Classics illustrated featuring Stories by the World's Greatest Authors. Victor Hugo ; Adaptation: Alfred Sundel ; Illustrated by: Norman Nodel. - 48 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 25 cm. - Classics illustrated ; No. 71 . - Classics illustrated ; No. 71 .
GRAPHIC NOVELS. Victor Hugo's scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain's political system tells a story of abduction, mutilation, loss and prejudice. The narrative follows Gwynplaine, the two-year- old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, who has him mutilated (to produce a permanent, grisly smile), then abandoned. After years of living frugally he is re-introduced to the aristocratic life, and resolves to become the voice of the voiceless, whether he is heard or not.
Primary.
9781911238355 RM 38.26
Children's stories--Comic books, strips, etc.
Great Britain--History--1689-1714--Comic books, strips,etc.
Graphic novels.
Comics adaptations.
741.5973