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  THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

  A Romance of English History

  By

  VICTOR HUGO

  CONTENTS

  Preliminary Chapter.--UrsusAnother Preliminary Chapter.--The Comprachicos

  PART I.

  BOOK THE FIRST.--NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN.

  I. Portland BillII. Left AloneIII. AloneIV. QuestionsV. The Tree of Human InventionVI. Struggle between Death and NightVII. The North Point of Portland

  BOOK THE SECOND.--THE HOOKER AT SEA.

  I. Superhuman LawsII. Our First Rough Sketches Filled inIII. Troubled Men on the Troubled SeaIV. A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the SceneV. HardquanonneVI. They Think that Help is at HandVII. Superhuman HorrorsVIII. Nix et NoxIX. The Charge Confided to a Raging SeaX. The Colossal Savage, the StormXI. The CasketsXII. Face to Face with the RockXIII. Face to Face with NightXIV. OrtachXV. Portentosum MareXVI. The Problem Suddenly Works in SilenceXVII. The Last ResourceXVIII. The Highest Resource

  BOOK THE THIRD.--THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW.

  I. ChesilII. The Effect of SnowIII. A Burden Makes a Rough Road RougherIV. Another Form of DesertV. Misanthropy Plays Its PranksVI. The Awaking

  PART II.

  BOOK THE FIRST.--THE EVERLASTING PRESENCE OF THE PAST. MAN REFLECTS MAN.

  I. Lord ClancharlieII. Lord David Dirry-MoirIII. The Duchess JosianaIV. The Leader of FashionV. Queen AnneVI. BarkilphedroVII. Barkilphedro Gnaws His WayVIII. InferiIX. Hate is as Strong as LoveX. The Flame which would be Seen if Man were TransparentXI. Barkilphedro in AmbuscadeXII. Scotland, Ireland, and England

  BOOK THE SECOND.--GWYNPLAINE AND DEA.

  I. Wherein we see the Face of Him of whom we have hitherto seen only the ActsII. DeaIII. "Oculos non Habet, et Videt"IV. Well-matched LoversV. The Blue Sky through the Black CloudVI. Ursus as Tutor, and Ursus as GuardianVII. Blindness Gives Lessons in ClairvoyanceVIII. Not only Happiness, but ProsperityIX. Absurdities which Folks without Taste call PoetryX. An Outsider's View of Men and ThingsXI. Gwynplaine Thinks Justice, and Ursus Talks TruthXII. Ursus the Poet Drags on Ursus the Philosopher

  BOOK THE THIRD.--THE BEGINNING OF THE FISSURE.

  I. The Tadcaster InnII. Open-Air EloquenceIII. Where the Passer-by ReappearsIV. Contraries Fraternize in HateV. The WapentakeVI. The Mouse Examined by the CatsVII. Why Should a Gold Piece Lower Itself by Mixing with a Heap of Pennies?VIII. Symptoms of PoisoningIX. Abyssus Abyssum Vocat

  BOOK THE FOURTH.--THE CELL OF TORTURE.

  I. The Temptation of St. GwynplaineII. From Gay to GraveIII. Lex, Rex, FexIV. Ursus Spies the PoliceV. A Fearful PlaceVI. The Kind of Magistracy under the Wigs of Former DaysVII. ShudderingVIII. Lamentation

  BOOK THE FIFTH.--THE SEA AND FATE ARE MOVED BY THE SAME BREATH.

  I. The Durability of Fragile ThingsII. The Waif Knows Its Own CourseIII. An AwakeningIV. FascinationV. We Think We Remember; We Forget

  BOOK THE SIXTH.--URSUS UNDER DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

  I. What the Misanthrope saidII. What He didIII. ComplicationsIV. Moenibus Surdis Campana MutaV. State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great

  BOOK THE SEVENTH.--THE TITANESS.

  I. The AwakeningII. The Resemblance of a Palace to a WoodIII. EveIV. SatanV. They Recognize, but do not Know, Each Other

  BOOK THE EIGHTH.--THE CAPITOL AND THINGS AROUND IT.

  I. Analysis of Majestic MattersII. ImpartialityIII. The Old HallIV. The Old ChamberV. Aristocratic GossipVI. The High and the LowVII. Storms of Men are Worse than Storms of OceansVIII. He would be a Good Brother, were he not a Good Son

  BOOK THE NINTH.--IN RUINS.

  I. It is through Excess of Greatness that Man reaches Excess of MiseryII. The Dregs

  CONCLUSION.--THE NIGHT AND THE SEA.

  I. A Watch-dog may be a Guardian AngelII. Barkilphedro, having aimed at the Eagle, brings down the DoveIII. Paradise Regained BelowIV. Nay; on High!