THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
A Romance of English History
By
VICTOR HUGO
CONTENTS
Preliminary Chapter.--Ursus Another Preliminary Chapter.--The Comprachicos
PART I.
BOOK THE FIRST.--NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN.
I. Portland Bill II. Left Alone III. Alone IV. Questions V. The Tree of Human Invention VI. Struggle between Death and Night VII. The North Point of Portland
BOOK THE SECOND.--THE HOOKER AT SEA.
I. Superhuman Laws II. Our First Rough Sketches Filled in III. Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea IV. A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the Scene V. Hardquanonne VI. They Think that Help is at Hand VII. Superhuman Horrors VIII. Nix et Nox IX. The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea X. The Colossal Savage, the Storm XI. The Caskets XII. Face to Face with the Rock XIII. Face to Face with Night XIV. Ortach XV. Portentosum Mare XVI. The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence XVII. The Last Resource XVIII. The Highest Resource
BOOK THE THIRD.--THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW.
I. Chesil II. The Effect of Snow III. A Burden Makes a Rough Road Rougher IV. Another Form of Desert V. Misanthropy Plays Its Pranks VI. The Awaking
PART II.
BOOK THE FIRST.--THE EVERLASTING PRESENCE OF THE PAST. MAN REFLECTS MAN.
I. Lord Clancharlie II. Lord David Dirry-Moir III. The Duchess Josiana IV. The Leader of Fashion V. Queen Anne VI. Barkilphedro VII. Barkilphedro Gnaws His Way VIII. Inferi IX. Hate is as Strong as Love X. The Flame which would be Seen if Man were Transparent XI. Barkilphedro in Ambuscade XII. Scotland, Ireland, and England