九三年

　　本书作为我社“最经典英语文库”第15辑中的一种，精选由法国著名作家维克多·雨果的经典作品《九三年》。《九三年》是雨果创作的最后一部长篇小说，首次出版于1874年2月。雨果在小说中塑造了旺代叛军首领朗德纳克侯爵及其侄孙、镇压叛乱的共和军司令郭文，以及郭文的家庭教师、公安委员会特派员西穆尔登这三个中心人物，围绕他们展开了错综复杂的情节，描绘了资产阶级和封建势力在1793年进行殊死搏斗的历史场面。对资产阶级和封建阶级展开的生死搏斗的正确描写是这本小说的基本价值所在。雨果以深邃的社会历史眼光和磅礴雄伟的气魄，用如椽的巨笔，描绘了一幅资产阶级大革命的真实生动的历史画卷。小说以旺代叛乱与平定叛乱的斗争为背景，以三个孩子的命运为线索，描写了革命与反革命、共和与保王两党之间那场血与火的惨烈严酷的内战，再现了新旧两种制度那不以人的意志为转移的殊死较量，揭露了保王势力的凶残没落，歌颂了以国民公会为代表的新生革命政权，同时也表现了作者一贯的人道主义思想。

　　维克多·雨果（Victor Hugo，1802年2月26日—1885年5月22日），法国作家，19世纪前期积极浪漫主义文学的代表作家，人道主义的代表人物，法国文学史上卓越的资产阶级民主作家，被人们称为“法兰西的莎士比亚”。一生写过多部诗歌、小说、剧本、各种散文和文艺评论及政论文章，在法国及世界有着广泛的影响力。

PART I AT SEA

BOOK I THE FOREST OF LA SAUDRAIE / 3

BOOK II THE CORVETTE "CLAYMORE" / 19

I ENGLAND AND FRANCE UNITED / 21

II NIGHT WITH THE SHIP AND

THE PASSENGER / 25

III PATRICIAN AND PLEBEIAN UNITED / 28

IV TORMENTUM BELLI / 36

V VIS ET VIR / 39

VI THE TWO ENDS OF THE SCALE / 45

VII HE WHO SETS SAIL INVESTS IN

A LOTTERY / 49

VIII 9 : 380 / 53

IX SOME ONE ESCAPES / 59

NINETY-THREE 2

X DOES HE ESCAPE? / 61

BOOK III HALMALO / 65

I SPEECH IS WORD / 67

II A PEASANT’S MEMORY IS WORTH AS MUCH

AS THE CAPTAIN’S SCIENCE / 73

BOOK IV TELLMARCH / 85

I ON THE TOP OF THE DUNE / 87

II AURES HABET, ET NON AUDIET / 91

III THE USEFULNESS OF BIG LETTERS / 94

IV THE CAIMAND / 97

V WHEN HE AWOKE IT WAS DAYLIGHT / 104

VI THE VICISSITUDES OF CIVIL WAR / 108

VII NO MERCY! NO QUARTER! / 114

PART II AT PARIS

BOOK I CIMOURDAIN / 123

3 CONTENTS

I THE STREETS OF PARIS AT THAT TIME / 125

II CIMOURDAIN / 133

III A CORNER NOT DIPPED INTO THE

STYX / 141

BOOK II THE POT-HOUSE OF THE RUE DU

PAON / 145

I MINOS, ÆACUS, AND RHADAMANTHUS / 147

II MAGNA TESTANTUR VOCE PER

UMBRAS / 150

III A QUIVERING OF THE INMOST FIBRES / 167

BOOK III THE CONVENTION / 179

I THE CONVENTION / 181

II MARAT IN THE GREEN-ROOM / 210

PART III IN THE VENDÉE

BOOK I THE VENDÉE / 219

NINETY-THREE 4

I THE FORESTS / 221

II MEN / 224

III CONNIVANCE OF MEN AND FORESTS / 227

IV THEIR LIFE UNDER GROUND / 231

V THEIR LIFE IN WARFARE / 233

VI THE SOUL OF THE EARTH PASSES INTO

MAN / 239

VII THE VENDÉE HAS RUINED BRITTANY / 243

BOOK II THE THREE CHILDREN / 247

I PLUS QUAM CIVILIA BELLA / 249

II DOL / 257

III SMALL ARMIES AND GREAT BATTLES / 265

IV A SECOND TIME / 274

V A DROP OF COLD WATER / 277

VI A HEALED BREAST, BUT A BLEEDING

HEART / 281

VII THE TWO POLES OF TRUTH / 288

VIII DOLOROSA / 296

IX A PROVINCIAL BASTILE / 299

X THE HOSTAGES / 310

XI TERRIBLE AS THE ANTIQUE / 317

5 CONTENTS

XII THE RESCUE PLANNED / 322

XIII WHAT THE MARQUIS IS DOING / 325

XIV WHAT THE IMÂNUS IS DOING / 328

BOOK III / 331

I THE MASSACRE OF SAINT

BARTHOLOMEW / 333

BOOK IV THE MOTHER / 351

I DEATH PASSES / 353

II DEATH SPEAKS / 356

III MUTTERINGS AMONG THE PEASANTS / 361

IV A MISTAKE / 366

V VOX IN DESERTO / 369

VI THE SITUATION / 372

VII PRELIMINARIES / 376

VIII THE SPEECH AND THE ROAR / 381

IX TITANS AGAINST GIANTS / 386

X RADOUB / 391

XI THE DESPERATE / 400

XII THE DELIVERER / 404

NINETY-THREE 6

XIII THE EXECUTIONER / 408

XIV THE IMÂNUS ALSO ESCAPES / 411

XV NEVER PUT A WATCH AND KEY IN

THE SAME POCKET / 414

BOOK V IN DÆMONE DEUS / 419

I FOUND, BUT LOST / 421

II FROM THE DOOR OF STONE TO THAT OF

IRON / 429

III WHERE THE SLEEPING CHILDREN

WAKE / 432

BOOK VI AFTER VICTORY, STRUGGLE

BEGINS / 439

I LANTENAC TAKEN / 441

II GAUVAIN MEDITATING / 444

III THE COMMANDER’S HOOD / 458

BOOK VII FEUDALITY AND REVOLUTION / 461

I THE ANCESTOR / 463

7 CONTENTS

II THE COURT-MARTIAL / 472

III THE VOTES / 476

IV AFTER CIMOURDAIN THE JUDGE,

CIMOURDAIN THE MASTER / 482

V THE DUNGEON / 484

VI STILL THE SUN RISES / 494