# Quatrevingt-Treize

By Victor Hugo.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: French
- Subjects: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction

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