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1 day ago · Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo [1] ( French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ⓘ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885), sometimes nicknamed the Ocean Man, was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms.
5 days ago · Victor Hugo, poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most important of the French Romantic writers. Though regarded in France as one of that country’s greatest poets, he is better known abroad for such novels as Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les Miserables (1862).
- Poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo is considered the most important of the French Romantic writers. Though regarded in France as one of that...
- Victor Hugo produced an enormous output of work, including the novels Notre-Dame de Paris (1831; The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) and Les Misérables (1...
- Victor Hugo was an influential proponent of Romanticism. In a preface to his verse play Cromwell (1827), he called for a drama of action—which he s...
- Victor Hugo is remembered as a beloved writer of the people, who knew how to write with simplicity and power of common joys and sorrows. He is also...
5 days ago · Victor Hugo, illustration by André Gill, from La Lune, May 19, 1867. Hugo’s exile lasted until the return of liberty and the reconstitution of the republic in 1870. Enforced at the beginning, exile later became a voluntary gesture and, after the amnesty of 1859, an act of pride.
3 days ago · The Hunchback of Notre Dame, historical novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in French in 1831 as Notre-Dame de Paris (‘Our Lady of Paris’). Set in Paris during the 15th century, the novel centers on Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, and his unrequited love.
2 days ago · Victor Hugo (1802–85) was an ardent republican and defender of the revolutionary legacy who went into exile during the Second Empire (1852–70). He lived long enough to become an icon of the Third Republic.
Jul 1, 2024 · It’s no surprise to learn that the elaborate interiors of this otherwise unassuming Georgian townhouse in Guernsey’s capital St Peter Port, were conjured by one of the 19th-century’s most creative minds: the French author Victor Hugo.
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5 days ago · Victor Hugo — ‘You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing...
