Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 733 Hugo, Victor 1802 1885 Hugo, Victor Marie, comte Hugo, Víctor Joyce, T. H. Locker, Arthur 1828 1893 Histoire d'un crime. English The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness Reading ease score: 73.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Etext produced by Stan Goodman, Beth Trapaga and PG Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger "The History of a Crime" by Victor Hugo is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book details the events surrounding the coup d'état of December 2, 1851, when Louis Bonaparte manipulated a situation to dissolve the National Assembly and suppress political opposition. The narrative is intensely focused on the perspectives of various representatives, highlighting themes of betrayal, the struggle for democracy, and the moral dilemmas faced by those who stood against tyranny. At the start of the work, Hugo offers a gripping account of the atmosphere leading up to the coup, emphasizing the disbelief and eventual shock experienced by the representatives of the republic who were arrested in their homes. Through a series of dialogues and reflections from key characters, including a prominent representative, the unfolding crisis is vividly depicted, as they grapple with the implications of their leader's actions. The tension rises with the early-morning arrests, leaving the remaining representatives to rally and consider their response to defend the republic. Hugo masterfully lays the foundation for a story that reflects both the political upheaval of the time and the larger struggle of civic responsibility versus personal safety. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en France -- History -- 1789-1900 DC Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 1059219 1059220 2024-10-05T04:46:34.442899 2023-10-05T05:37:27.060735 text/html text/html 1058167 2020-12-19T20:44:24 text/html 441600 2024-10-05T04:46:48.466883 application/epub+zip 458320 2024-10-05T04:46:37.306955 application/epub+zip 458321 2024-10-05T04:46:35.642987 application/epub+zip 814728 2024-10-05T04:46:57.195803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 744336 2024-10-05T04:46:47.231885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 716778 2022-09-05T07:49:38.403584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 903973 903860 2024-10-05T04:46:31.383934 2023-10-05T05:37:24.347639 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 904299 2020-12-19T20:44:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 340469 2020-12-19T20:44:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 904291 2020-12-19T20:44:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 339922 2020-12-19T20:44:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22190 2024-10-05T04:46:57.350810 application/rdf+xml 13112 2024-10-05T04:46:36.232916 image/jpeg 3820 2024-10-05T04:46:35.934966 image/jpeg 356736 2020-12-19T20:44:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 420799 2024-10-05T04:46:34.520909 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia