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Excerpt from Victor Hugo Dramas: Lucrezia Borgia; Mary Tudor; Angelo, Tyrant of Padua
As he promised to do in the preface to his last drama, the author has reverted to the occupation of his whole life, art. He has resumed his favorite task, even before he has altogether adjusted matters with the petty political opponents who have been annoying him for two months past. And then, to bring forth a new drama six weeks after the proscription of the other was one way of speaking plainly to the present government. It was equivalent to showing it that its trouble was thrown away. It was equivalent to proving to it that art and liberty can spring up again in one night beneath the very foot which tramples on them. It is his purpose, therefore, to go.forward henceforth with his political'strife, so far as occasion requires, and his literary work, parz' passa. One can do his duty and his task at the same time. The one does not interfere with the other. Man has two hands.
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As he promised to do in the preface to his last drama, the author has reverted to the occupation of his whole life, art. He has resumed his favorite task, even before he has altogether adjusted matters with the petty political opponents who have been annoying him for two months past. And then, to bring forth a new drama six weeks after the proscription of the other was one way of speaking plainly to the present government. It was equivalent to showing it that its trouble was thrown away. It was equivalent to proving to it that art and liberty can spring up again in one night beneath the very foot which tramples on them. It is his purpose, therefore, to go.forward henceforth with his political'strife, so far as occasion requires, and his literary work, parz' passa. One can do his duty and his task at the same time. The one does not interfere with the other. Man has two hands.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Victor Hugo
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780266243267
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Page Count - 308
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781333358839
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 310
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