Claude Gueux

Claude Gueux is a poor man living in Troyes. One day he decides to steal food for the sake of his family. Good intentions, however, don' t save him in front of the law, and he ends up in prison. But Gueux is not a man who would easily give up – he is able to find friends even in the harsh prison conditions. ' Claude Gueux' is Victor Hugo' s short story first published in 1826, and it tells about the injustice of society.