By the King's Command Tapferkeit

By the King's Command Tapferkeit"By the Kings Command" (also known as The Man Who Laughs) by Victor Hugo is a haunting, romantic, and deeply political novel set in late 17th century England. It follows Gwynplaine, a boy disfigured by royal order to have a permanent, grotesque smile carved into his facehis punishment for being the son of a rebellious nobleman. Abandoned and ostracized, he grows up with a blind girl named Dea, and becomes a performer adored by the masses for his eerie

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