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The Man Who Laughs

by Victor HUGO (1802 - 1885)

033 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter V - Misanthropy Plays its Pranks

The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published under the title "By Order of the King". (Introduction by Wikipedia)

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Listen next episodes of The Man Who Laughs:
034 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter VI - The Awakening , 035 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter I - Lord Clancharlie , 036 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter II - Lord David Dirry-Moir , 037 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter III - The Duchess Josiana , 038 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter IV - The Leader of Fashion , 039 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter V - Queen Anne , 040 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VI - Barkilphedro , 041 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VII - Barkilphedro Gnaws His Way , 042 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter VIII - Inferi , 043 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter IX - Hate is as Strong as Love , 044 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter X - The Flame which would be Seen if Man were Transparent , 045 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter XI - Barkilphedro in Ambuscade , 046 - Part II, Book the First, Chapter XII - Scotland, Ireland and England , 047 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter I - Wherein we see the Face of Him of whom we have hitherto seen only the Acts , 048 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter II - Dea , 049 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter III - "Oculus non habet, et videt" , 050 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter IV - Well-matched Lovers , 051 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter V - The Blue Sky through the Black Cloud , 052 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VI - Ursus as Tutor, and Ursus as Guardian , 053 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VII - Blindness Gives Lessons in Clairvoyance , 054 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter VIII - Not only Happiness, but Prosperity , 055 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter IX - Absurdities which Folks without Taste call Poetry , 056 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter X - An Outsider's View of Men and Things , 057 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter XI - Gwynplaine Thinks Justice, and Ursus Talks Truth , 058 - Part II, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Ursus the Poet Drags on Ursus the Philosopher , 059 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter I - The Tadcaster Inn , 060 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter II - Open-Air Eloquence , 061 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter III - Where the Passer-by Reappears , 062 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter IV - Contraries Fraternize in Hate , 063 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter V - The Wapentake , 064 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VI - The Mouse Examined by the Cats , 065 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VII - Why Should a Gold Piece Lower Itself by Mixing With a Heap of Pennies? , 066 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter VIII - Symptoms of Poisoning , 067 - Part II, Book the Third, Chapter IX - Abyssus abyssum vocat , 068 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter I - The Temptation of St. Gwynplaine , 069 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter II - From Gay to Grave , 070 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter III - Lex, Rex, Fex , 071 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter IV - Ursus Spies the Police , 072 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter V - A fearful Place , 073 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VI - The kind of Magistracy under the Wigs of Former Days , 074 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VII - Shuddering , 075 - Part II, Book the Fourth, Chapter VIII - Lamentation , 076 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter I - The Durability of Fragile Things , 077 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter II - The Waif Knows Its Own Course , 078 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter III - An Awakening , 079 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter IV - Fascination , 080 - Part II, Book the Fifth, Chapter V - We Think We Remember; We Forget , 081 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter I - What the Misanthrope said , 082 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter II - What He did , 083 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter III - Complications , 084 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter IV - Moenius surdis campana muta , 085 - Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter V - State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great , 086 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter I - The Awakening , 087 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter II - The Resemblance of a Palace to a Wood , 088 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter III - Eve , 089 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter IV - Satan , 090 - Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter V - They Recognize, but do not Know, Each Other , 091 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter I - Analysis of Majestic Matters , 092 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter II - Impartiality , 093 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter III - The Old Hall , 094 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter IV - The Old Chamber , 095 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter V - Aristocratic Gossip , 096 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VI - The High and the Low , 097 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VII - Storms of Men are Worse than Storms of Oceans , 098 - Part II, Book the Eighth, Chapter VIII - He would be a good Brother, Were he not a Good Son , 099 - Part II, Book the Ninth, Chapter I - It is through Excess of Greatness that Man reaches Excess of Misery , 100 - Part II, Book the Ninth, Chapter II - The Dregs , 101 - Conclusion, Chapter I - A Watch-Dog may be a Guardian Angel , 102 - Conclusion, Chapter II - Barkilphedro, Having Aimed at the Eagle, Brings down the Dove , 103 - Conclusion, Chapter III - Paradise Regained Below , 104 - Conclusion, Chapter IV - Nay; on High!