Claude Gueux Short Story by Victor HugoPremium Off White Cream Pages Stitched Binding Matte Cover Local Premium Copy Language English Dimensions 5. 5 x 8. 26 inches Pages Amount 21 Summary Claude Gueux (1834) is a short story by Victor Hugo that serves as a powerful social critique against the death penalty and the French penal system. Often considered a precursor to his later masterpiece, Les Misrables, the story is based on the real life case of a man named Claude Gueux who was executed