Fantine by Victor Hugo
A moving, tragic portrait of a young working-class woman who, abandoned by her lover, entrusts her child to unscrupulous caretakers and descends from respectable factory worker into destitution; after losing her job she sells her hair and teeth and ultimately turns to prostitution in a desperate effort to support her daughter. The narrative contrasts her suffering with the compassion of a benevolent factory owner who seeks to help and the rigidity of an implacable lawman, spotlighting the cruelty and social injustice of 19th-century society.
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- Published
- 1862
- Nationality
- French
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- Unknown
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- Original Language
- French
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