El Hombre Que R�e

As a young child, Gwynplaine’s was abandoned and his face was mutilated into a perpetual grin. He is taken in by Ursus, a philosopher and itinerant healer. It’s not until later that Gwynplaine discovers his aristocratic origins and the truth behind the crime committed against him.

As a young child, Gwynplaine’s was abandoned and his face was mutilated into a perpetual grin. He is taken in by Ursus, a philosopher and itinerant healer. It’s not until later that Gwynplaine discovers his aristocratic origins and the truth behind the crime committed against him.  
 
El hombre que ríe es la historia de un niño, Gwynplaine, mutilado en su primera infancia hasta convertir su rostro en la máscara de la risa; la de su abandono en las costas de Portland; la de su rescate y adopción por Ursus, filósofo y curandero itinerante; la del descubrimiento de sus orígenes aristocráticos y del crimen perpetrado contra él, y la de su caída. Un obra monumental. Si me preguntan por qué he escrito El hombre que ríe, responderé que, como filósofo, he querido afirmar el alma y la conciencia; como historiador, revelar hechos monárquicos desconocidos e informar a la democracia, y como poeta, escribir un drama.