The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs
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how do the oaks fall?
Thus he who, when a child of ten, stood alone on the shore of Portland, ready to give battle, who had looked steadfastly at all the combatantswhom he had to encounter, the blast which bore away the vessel in whichhe had expected to embark, the gulf which had swallowed up the plank, the yawning abyss, of which the menace was its retrocession, the earthwhich refused him a shelter, the sky which refused him a star, solitudewithout pity, obscurity without notice, ocean, sky, a...ll the violence ofone infinite space, and all the mysterious enigmas of another; he whohad neither trembled nor fainted before the mighty hostility of theunknown; he who, still so young, had held his own with night, asHercules of old had held his own with death; he who in the unequalstruggle had thrown down this defiance, that he, a child, adopted achild, that he encumbered himself with a load, when tired and exhausted, thus rendering himself an easier prey to the attacks on his weakness, and, as it were, himself unmuzzling the shadowy monsters in ambusharound him; he who, a precocious warrior, had immediately, and from hisfirst steps out of the cradle, struggled breast to breast with destiny;he, whose disproportion with strife had not discouraged from striving;he who, perceiving in everything around him a frightful occultation ofthe human race, had accepted that eclipse, and proudly continued hisjourney; he who had known how to endure cold, thirst, hunger, valiantly;he who, a pigmy in stature, had been a colossus in soul: thisGwynplaine, who had conquered the great terror of the abyss under itsdouble form, Tempest and Misery, staggered under a breath--Vanity.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
how do the oaks fall?
Thus he who, when a child of ten, stood alone on the shore of Portland, ready to give battle, who had looked steadfastly at all the combatantswhom he had to encounter, the blast which bore away the vessel in whichhe had expected to embark, the gulf which had swallowed up the plank, the yawning abyss, of which the menace was its retrocession, the earthwhich refused him a shelter, the sky which refused him a star, solitudewithout pity, obscurity without notice, ocean, sky, a...ll the violence ofone infinite space, and all the mysterious enigmas of another; he whohad neither trembled nor fainted before the mighty hostility of theunknown; he who, still so young, had held his own with night, asHercules of old had held his own with death; he who in the unequalstruggle had thrown down this defiance, that he, a child, adopted achild, that he encumbered himself with a load, when tired and exhausted, thus rendering himself an easier prey to the attacks on his weakness, and, as it were, himself unmuzzling the shadowy monsters in ambusharound him; he who, a precocious warrior, had immediately, and from hisfirst steps out of the cradle, struggled breast to breast with destiny;he, whose disproportion with strife had not discouraged from striving;he who, perceiving in everything around him a frightful occultation ofthe human race, had accepted that eclipse, and proudly continued hisjourney; he who had known how to endure cold, thirst, hunger, valiantly;he who, a pigmy in stature, had been a colossus in soul: thisGwynplaine, who had conquered the great terror of the abyss under itsdouble form, Tempest and Misery, staggered under a breath--Vanity.
What to read after The Man Who Laughs?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 to read onlineMoreLess
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