Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Victor hugo is a famous historical figure who is remembered as a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and as being one of the most important of French Romantic writers. Among Hugo's best-known works are The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1831) and Les Misérables(1862).
Three things you may not have known about Victor Hugo
1.) Hugo's father was an officer in Napoleon's army.2.) Hugo married his wife Adèle Foucher in 1822. His brother, who had mental problems, was secretly in love with her and he lost his mind on their wedding day.
3.) When Hugo died in Paris on May 22, 1885, he was buried at the Panthéon and given a national funeral that was attended by 2 million people
Victor Hugo at a Glance
Victor-Marie Hugo () (February 26, 1802 ? May 22, 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France.
In France, Hugo's literary reputation rests primarily on his poetic and dramatic output and only secondarily on his novels. Among many volumes of poetry, Category: :fr - :Les Contemplations|Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. Outside France, his b...
Les Miserables
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Les MiserablesLes Miserables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime"', and assassination for a few sous is all in a day's work. We weep with the unlucky and heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades: but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert.
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Among his plays, I love Les Miserable the most! Interesting lens. Posted October 07, 2007 |
