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More info The story of Victor Hugo’s novel «The Man Who Laughs» takes place in England in the late 17th — early 18th centuries. Gwynplaine is a lord by birth, in childhood he was sold to the comprachicos bandits, who made a fairground jester out of the child by carving a mask of «eternal laughter» on his face sometimes even encouraged). Romantic story, social tragedy, adventure and unexpected plot twists — in one of the masterpieces of French literature. Disfigured by bandits in childhood, the hero becomes a jester and a vagabond, but despite all the trials, he retains love and nobility. Abstract Guimplen’s life is difficult and poor: as a child, he was abandoned in the bay of Portland Bay and miraculously got out to the English Isles. He found a family in the person of the owner of a theater van and an orphan girl, whom he saved from a cold death there, on the shores of Portland Bay. Two orphans huddled in a van with old Ursus, a philosopher, poet, healer, street buffoon and ventriloquist. The children grew up, the girl was weak, but extremely beautiful, but Guimplen’s difficult childhood left an eternal imprint on his face — the boy’s mouth was cut from ear to ear. Guimplen’s ugliness made him a famous street jester — both high-ranking citizens and ordinary onlookers laughed at his ugliness. One day Guimplen learns that he is a lord kidnapped as a child. Overnight, everything falls on him, due to his newly acquired status. Guimplen faces a difficult choice: on the one hand, the life that he will never get in a theater van, on the other, loved ones, gratitude and moral duty. What will Guimplen choose? Is his soul as mutilated as his face?
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