Under Sentence of Death; Or, a Criminal's Last Hours

Name: Under Sentence of Death; Or, a Criminal's Last Hours
Author: Victor Hugo

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CEFR level: C1
Length: 106 chapters
Format: The complete book

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A condemned man faces the relentless weight of his death sentence, trapped in a dungeon where every moment is haunted by the shadow of the guillotine. As the day of reckoning approaches, he confronts the chilling reality of his last hours.

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