The History of a Crime

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The History of a Crime (French: Histoire d'un crime, 1877) is an essay by Victor Hugo about Napoleon III's takeover of France.

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The History of a Crime at Project Gutenberg (Translated by T.H. Joyce and Arthur Locker.)

v t e Victor Hugo
Novels	Hans of Iceland (1823) Bug-Jargal (1826) The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829) The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) Les Misérables (1862) Toilers of the Sea (1866) The Man Who Laughs (1869) Ninety-Three (1874)
Plays	Inez de Castro (1820; published in 1863) Cromwell (1827) Amy Robsart (1828) Hernani (1830) Marion de Lorme (1831) Le roi s'amuse (1832) Lucrezia Borgia (1833) Marie Tudor (1833) Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (1835) La Esmeralda (1836; libretto only) Ruy Blas (1838) Les Burgraves (1843) Torquemada (1882)
Short stories	"Claude Gueux" (1834)
Poetry collections	Odes et poésies diverses (1822) Nouvelles Odes (1824) Odes et Ballades (1828) Les Orientales (1829) Les Feuilles d'automne (1831) Les Chants du crépuscule (1835) Les Voix intérieures (1837) Les Rayons et les Ombres (1840) Les Châtiments (1853) Les Contemplations (1856) La Légende des siècles (Part One 1859) Les Chansons des rues et des bois (1865) L'Année terrible (1872) L'Art d'être grand-père (1877) La Légende des siècles (Part Two 1877) Le Pape (1878) La Pitié suprême (1879) L'Âne (1880) Les Quatre Vents de l'esprit (1881) Final part of La Légende des siècles (1883) La Fin de Satan (1886) Dieu (1891, 1941) Toute la Lyre (1888, 1893, 1897, 1935-1937) Les Années funestes (1898) Dernière Gerbe (1902, 1941) Océan, Tas de pierres (1942) Le Verso de la page (1960) Œuvres d'enfance et de jeunesse, 1814-20 (juvenilia, 1964)
Other writings	Le Rhin (1842) Napoléon le Petit (1852 pamphlet) William Shakespeare (1864 essay) Actes et Paroles (1875) The History of a Crime (1877) Religions et religion (1880)
Family	Léopoldine Hugo (daughter) Charles Hugo (son) François-Victor Hugo (son) Adèle Hugo (daughter) Jeanne Hugo (granddaughter) Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo (father)
Others	Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale Berne Convention Hauteville House Maison de Victor Hugo Juliette Drouet Avenue Victor-Hugo (Paris) Bust of Victor Hugo La Soeur de la reine Hugo (crater)

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