Quatrevingt-Treize

"Quatrevingt-Treize" by Victor Hugo is a novel published in 1874. Set during the Terror of 1793, it follows the Marquis de Lantenac, a royalist leader fighting to overthrow the French Republic, and his grand-nephew Gauvain, an idealistic republican commander. As civil war rages in Brittany, their opposing convictions clash through dramatic encounters and impossible choices. Between them stands Cimourdain, a revolutionary envoy demanding absolute justice. Hugo explores the moral complexities of revolution through these three men embodying different visions of France's future. (This is an automatically generated summary.)