390 Victor Hugo
The History of Literature
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The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo
The last day of a condemned man is an astonishing little book, very readable even to day. It's a series of short chapters with snatches of thoughts, recollections and ideas. The first chapter goes like this: "I was free, but now i am a captive, bodily in irons" Dostevsky credited him with the idea of recording a person's thoughts at the moment of crisis or distress.
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