Le Dernier jour d'un condamné - Claude Gueux - L'Affaire Tapner
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Written as the last days of a condemned man, this short novel follows an unnamed prisoner in France who waits in a cell for his execution by guillotine. With only his thoughts for company, he recalls his former life and the family he has left behind, while questioning the justice that has sentenced him. Hugo gives the prisoner's inner voice great intensity, turning a single stretch of waiting into a passionate argument against capital punishment.
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The volume also includes Claude Gueux, based on a real case, which follows a laborer whose poverty leads him into prison and into the harsh cycle of injustice that follows. A shorter piece, L'Affaire Tapner, completes the collection. Together these works make a forceful call for reform of the law and of the prison system.
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