EPISODE · Feb 11, 2026 · 36 MIN
The Man Who Laughs Another Preliminary Chapter - The Comparchicos
from The Victor Hugo Library · host Victor Hugo
In which a forgotten name - Comprachicos - rises out of the dust of old statutes to show us a wandering brotherhood of “child-buyers,” not thieves but traders, who made their commerce by shaping misery into spectacle, and selling deformity as laughter to street and palace alike.
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