Ninety-three

Ninety-three, the last of Victor Hugo's novels, is regarded by many including such diverse critics as Robert Louis Stevenson and André Maurois as his greatest work.

1793, Year Two of the Republic, saw the establishment of the National Convention, the execution of Louis XVI, the Terror, and the monarchist revolt in the Vendée, brutally suppressed by the Republic. Hugo's epic follows three protagonists through this tumultuous year: the noble royalist de Lantenac; Gauvain, who embodies a benevolent and romantic vision of the Republic; and Cimourdain, whose principles are altogether more robespierrean.The conflict of values culminates in a dramatic climax on the scaffold.

Nouazeci si trei, ultimul dintre romanele lui Victor Hugo, este considerat de multi, inclusiv de critici atat de diversi precum Robert Louis Stevenson si Andre Maurois, drept cea mai mare lucrare a sa. 1793, Anul doi al republicii, a vazut instituirea Conventiei Nationale, Ludovic al XVI-lea, Teroarea si revolta monarhista din Vendee, inabusite cu brutalitate de Republica.