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1. www.maisonsvictorhugo.paris.fr › en › guerneseyHistory of the House | Maisons Victor Hugo

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   Victor Hugo gave his house a symbolic dimension, with references to his writings, philosophy and vision of the world to be found in every part of it. Banished from France following Louis Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état on 2 December 1851, he was also expelled from Belgium in 1852 and from Jersey in 1855. He then settled in Guernsey where he ...

2. www.gale.com › literature › victor-hugoVictor Hugo Biography | Databases Explored | Gale

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   Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Victor (Marie) Hugo, one of France's most prolific nineteenth-century authors, wrote novels, poems, and dramatic works. His career as a playwright began in 1816 and ended almost sixty years later. The dramas and prefaces that he wrote between 1826 and 1843 constitute his most important contribution to the history of ...

3. www.architecturaldigest.com › story › exhibitionAn Exhibition on Victor Hugo Shows the Novelist's Massive ...

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   Sep 28, 2018 · Victor Hugo's name has deservedly been attached to the cry for social justice. Indeed, with such socially charged books such as Les Misérables (1863) and The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829 ...

4. www.vanityfair.com › 10 › hugo-vickers-king-charlesHugo Vickers Has One Piece of Advice for King Charles

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   Oct 6, 2023 · Thirteen months after King Charles began his reign, writer Hugo Vickers has one small complaint: his majesty’s oft-reported plan to see a more slimmed-down monarchy might be unrealistic. “I ...

5. www.britannica.com › biography › Charles-NodierCharles Nodier | Romanticism, Gothic Fiction, Librarian

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   Apr 25, 2024 · Movement / Style: Romanticism. Charles Nodier (born April 29, 1780, Besançon, France—died January 27, 1844, Paris) was a writer more important for the influence he had on the French Romantic movement than for his own writings. Nodier had an eventful early life, in the course of which he fell foul of the authorities for a skit on Napoleon.

6. www.encyclopedia.com › vicomte-victor-marie-hugoVicomte Victor Marie Hugo | Encyclopedia.com

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   May 21, 2018 · Hugo's home became a center of intellectual activity, and he counted among his friends the writer and critic Charles Sainte-Beuve and writer Théophile Gautier. During this period, Hugo wrote several novels and volumes of poetry that foreshadow his Romantic tendencies.

7. historythings.com › life-celebrated-french-authorThe Life of Celebrated French Author Victor Hugo - History Things

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   Sep 23, 2023 · They welcomed another son on November 4, 1826 named Charles. A third son, François-Victor Hugo was born October 28, 1828. Their last child and second daughter, Adéle was born on August 24, 1830. Hugo’s first novel, Han d’Islande (1823) was published a year after he got married.