IDENTITY
Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné
Literature
Work Summary
A first-person novel presented as the final reflections of a prisoner awaiting execution. By focusing on fear, memory, family and the psychological experience of approaching death rather than on the prisoner's crime, Hugo constructs an explicit argument against capital punishment.
Evidence Summary
The work belongs to the Hugo reading he explicitly says he studied.
No specific visual-art effect is inferred from this event.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Victor Hugo
Work
Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné
Years / Period
24 Sep 1880
Van Gogh Relation
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EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
24 Sep 1880 — Letter 158
Read · Studied / read
Van Gogh says he had studied some of Hugo's works the previous winter, naming Le dernier jour d'un condamné.
Response: The work belongs to the Hugo reading he explicitly says he studied.
Connection: No specific visual-art effect is inferred from this event.
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