The Man Who Laughs/By Order of the King

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This novel by Hugo has alternatively been entitled both "The Man Who Laughs" and "By Order of the King."

There are several online alternatives for translations. You can:

Download the Project Gutenberg translation
Read it online at Project Gutenberg
Rakesh Vidyadharan on his site has scanned the novel's text from a Collected Works, and made it available as both text and pdf.
In addition, here are links to chapters of the novel from Appleton's Journal in 1869, from the University of Michigan - Making of America website.

They are in the order they appeared in Appleton's Journal, starting with Issue #1 and appearing in every issue through #23. The numbering of chapters and books appear to skip sections, and it seems a few chapters were published at the end of the series out of order.

Hugo, Victor : The Man who Laughs, Chapters I-V

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book I

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Part II

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book III

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book V

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book VI

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book VII

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book VIII

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book IX

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book X

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book XI

Hugo, Victor : The Man Who Laughs, Book XII