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Adèle Hugo (24 August 1830 – 21 April 1915) was the fifth and youngest child of French writer Victor Hugo. She is remembered for developing schizophrenia as a young woman, which led to a romantic obsession with a British military officer who rejected her.
Hugo, Adèle (1830–1915)Daughter of Victor Hugo who was the subject of the film The Story of Adele H. Name variations: Adele Hugo. Born Adèle Hugo in Paris, France, on July 27, 1830; died in France in 1915; second daughter and youngest child of Victor and Adèle (Foucher) Hugo (1806–1868); sister of Léopold II (b. 1823, who died as an ...
Léopoldine was born in Paris, the second of five children and eldest daughter of Victor Hugo and Adèle Foucher. She was named after her paternal grandfather, Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo, as was her late brother, Léopold, who died in infancy. Despite her father's growing anti-clerical views, Léopoldine grew up as a devout Catholic.
Written by Truffaut, Jean Gruault, and Suzanne Schiffman, the film is about Adèle Hugo, the daughter of writer Victor Hugo, whose obsessive unrequited love for a military officer leads to her downfall. The story is based on Adèle Hugo's diaries. Filming took place on location in Guernsey and Senegal.
In July of 1852, Hugo then in residence on Jersey, his wife and daughter -- the two Adeles -- together with Auguste Vacquerie freshly released from prison, left Paris, and, via Southampton, sailed for Jersey. While the sons were back and forth between Brussels, Paris and the Channel Islands, Auguste Vacquerie became part of the family.
Oct 8, 1975 · This is a period movie that takes place in the 1860s in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It concerns an unrequited love between Adele H., the daughter of Victor Hugo, and a member of the English military stationed there. It is directed by Francois Truffaut.
May 21, 2019 · This rare, overlooked, but fascinating portrait is perhaps one of the very few studies dedicated solely to Adèle Hugo (1830–1915), the mysterious daughter of Victor Hugo. Her sad story had been tol...
