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1 day ago · Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo [1] ( French: [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. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of ...
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris,...
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- Jeanne Hugo
Léopoldine Clémence Adèle Lucie Jeanne Hugo (29 September...
- Charles Hugo
1871 Engraving of Charles Hugo. Charles-Victor Hugo (4...
- Chateaubriand
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 –...
- Les Contemplations
Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) is a song and...
- Absolutism
King Louis XIV of France, often considered by historians as...
- The Story of Adele H
The Story of Adèle H. (French: L'Histoire d'Adèle H.) is a...
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8 hours ago · 11. Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926, beating the previous men's record by two hours. 12. The Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, have dominated women's tennis for over two decades, inspiring young athletes with their skill, strength, and sportsmanship.
8 hours ago · Social Darwinism is the study and implementation of various pseudoscientific theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics and politics. [1] [2] Social Darwinists believe that the strong should see their wealth and power increase, while the weak ...
1 day ago · Slaves in Ethiopia, 19th century. Slavery, as practised in Ethiopia, was essentially domestic and was geared more towards women; this was the trend for most of Africa as well. Women were transported across the Sahara, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean trade more than men.
8 hours ago · The Slavs or Slavic people are a group of people who speak Slavic languages.Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Southeastern Europe, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states, Northern Asia, and Central Asia, and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the ...
8 hours ago · Independent Party of Oregon – 137,972. Oregon Progressive Party – 3,213. Others – 16,703. ^ "Other" political affiliations listed as follows: American Independent Party – 84,837. United Utah – 3,074. Forward Party – 64. ^ Includes three Independent Senators who all caucus with the Democratic Party.
1 day ago · The former site of Jayakarta, located to the west of the Ciliwung River in present-day Taman Sari, was initially reused for the Dutch seat of government. As a result of continual epidemics in the 19th century, the government relocated the capital to Weltevreden in the southeast, which had a higher elevation and more space to expand.
