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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.
- Victor Hugo, Adèle Foucher
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 ...
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.
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.
- Marcel Berbert
- Le Journal d'Adèle Hugo, by Adèle Hugo
- 8 October 1975 (France)
- François Truffaut
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.
- French
Adèle Hugo, daughter of renowned French writer Victor Hugo, falls in love with British soldier Albert Pinson while living in exile off the coast of England. Though he spurns her affections, she follows him to Nova Scotia and takes on the alias of Adèle Lewly. Albert continues to reject her, but she remains obsessive in her quest to win him over.
Sep 24, 2019 · Madame Victor Hugo wrote on 25 November 1855 to her friend Madame Paul Meurice: ‘My daughter is very brave; she is proud by nature. She doesn’t get upset over missing some ball; she understands the greatness of persecution. Its miseries are blotted out for her by its golden glow.’.
