{"date":"February 26","id":"02-26","intro":["Hugo was insulted by the most powerful critics in France. He put into the preface of a play “his sling and his stone” by which others might slay “the classical Goliath.”"],"minutes":27,"readings":[{"author":"Victor Hugo","end":349,"start":337,"volume":39,"work":"Preface to Cromwell"}],"slug":"february-26","status":"proofread","title":"A David Who Side-stepped Goliath","url":"/harvard-classics/february-26/","words":5383}