TY - BOOK AU - Hugo,Victor AU - Sundel,Alfred AU - Nodel,Norman TI - THE MAN WHO LAUGHS / T2 - Classics illustrated SN - 9781911238355 U1 - 741.5973 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Newbury, Berkshire PB - CCS Books KW - Children's stories KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 1689-1714 KW - Comic books, strips,etc KW - Graphic novels KW - lcgft KW - Comics adaptations N1 - Primary. N2 - GRAPHIC NOVELS. Victor Hugo's scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain's political system tells a story of abduction, mutilation, loss and prejudice. The narrative follows Gwynplaine, the two-year- old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, who has him mutilated (to produce a permanent, grisly smile), then abandoned. After years of living frugally he is re-introduced to the aristocratic life, and resolves to become the voice of the voiceless, whether he is heard or not ER -