The Man Who Laughs
By Victor Hugo
21 Oct, 2019
The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. It was adapted into a popular 1928 film. The story was also adapted into the 2012 French film L'Homme Qui Rit, directed by Jean
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The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. It was adapted into a popular 1928 film. The story was also adapted into the 2012 French film L'Homme Qui Rit, directed by Jean-Pierre Améris and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marc-André Grondin, and Christa Theret. In 2016, it was adapted as The Grinning Man, an English musical. The novel was adapted into a popular musical in 2018, written by Frank Wildhorn, which won three awards including the Best Musical Award in the 2019 Korean Musical Awards........ In late 17th-century England, a homeless boy named Gwynplaine rescues an infant girl during a snowstorm, her mother having frozen to death. They meet an itinerant carnival vendor who calls himself Ursus, and his pet wolf, Homo (Whose name is a pun on the Latin saying "Homo homini Lupus"). Gwynplaine's mouth has been mutilated into a perpetual grin; Ursus is initially horrified, then moved to pity, and he takes them in. 15 years later, Gwynplaine has grown into a strong young man, attractive except for his distorted visage. The girl, now named Dea, is blind, and has grown into a beautiful and innocent young woman. By touching his face, Dea concludes that Gwynplaine is perpetually happy. Less
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