Victor Hugo
Author · 1802–1885

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo was a French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885). Born in Besançon.

Our catalogue lists 12 books by Victor Hugo, mostly historical fiction, classic romance and epic fantasy. They span 1862 to 1894. The most-read is Les Misérables (1862). 8 titles are free to read on Project Gutenberg, and 5 have free LibriVox audiobooks.

Books by Victor Hugo

Biography

Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (known in English also as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). Though a committed conservative royalist when he was young, Hugo grew more liberal as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo

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