Napoleon the Little and Napoleon le Petit

Bilingual, English and French. According to Wikipedia: "e;Napoleon le Petit was an influential political pamphlet by Victor Hugo which condemned the reign of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Hugo lived in exile in Guernsey for most of Napoleon III's reign, and his criticism of the monarch was significant as he was one of the most prominent Frenchmen of the time, and was revered by many. It includes the concept of two and two make five as a denial of truth by authority, a notion later used by George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Volumes were smuggled into France (eg. in bales of hay, and between metal sheets as a tin of sardines), read at secret meetings, and hand-copied."e;Bilingue, anglais et francais. Selon Wikipedia: Napoleon le Petit etait un pamphlet politique influent de Victor Hugo qui condamnait le regne de Napoleon III, empereur des Francais, qui vecut en exil a Guernesey pendant la plus grande partie du regne de Napoleon III, et sa critique du monarque fut significative. Comme il etait l'un des Francais les plus eminents de l'epoque, il a ete venere par beaucoup de gens et inclut le concept de deux et de deux comme un deni de la verite par l'autorite, une notion utilisee plus tard par George Orwell dans Nineteen Quatre-vingt-quatre. Les volumes etaient introduits clandestinement en France (par exemple dans des ballots de foin et entre des toles comme une boite de sardines), lus lors de reunions secretes et copies a la main.