Ninety-Three
Ninety-Three, published in 1874 and translated by Aline Delano, is Victor Hugo's last novel, set during the Royalist uprising in the Vendée in 1793, the year of the Terror. The aged Marquis de Lantenac lands in Brittany to lead the peasant revolt, and the republican forces sent against him are commanded by his own great-nephew Gauvain, a generous young officer, under the watch of Cimourdain, a former priest and inflexible revolutionary who was Gauvain's tutor. Between them stand a peasant mother and her three children. Hugo stages the clash of loyalty, mercy and revolutionary justice on an epic scale. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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Is Ninety-Three in the public domain?
Yes. Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo is a public-domain work, here in the translation by Aline Delano. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
How long does it take to read Ninety-Three?
About 8 h 16 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is Ninety-Three?
Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo is filed under "Fiction" in the Vinteuil library.
