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Victor Hugo


Born
in Besançon, Doubs, France
February 26, 1802

Died
May 22, 1885

Genre

Influences


After Napoleon III seized power in 1851, French writer Victor Marie Hugo went into exile and in 1870 returned to France; his novels include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).

This poet, playwright, novelist, dramatist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, and perhaps the most influential, important exponent of the Romantic movement in France, campaigned for human rights. People in France regard him as one of greatest poets of that country and know him better abroad.

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Quotes by Victor Hugo  (?)
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“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
Victor Hugo

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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February 2017 Revisit the Shelf Reread Poll

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, 311 pages, 1985
 
  66 votes, 23.4%

 
  46 votes, 16.3%

 
  34 votes, 12.1%

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, 521 pages, 1854
 
  32 votes, 11.3%

 
  22 votes, 7.8%

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, 1463 pages, 1862
 
  20 votes, 7.1%

 
  19 votes, 6.7%

Dune by Frank Herbert, 604 pages, 1965
 
  18 votes, 6.4%

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, 213 pages, 1930
 
  16 votes, 5.7%

Rob Roy by Walter Scott, 501 pages, 1817
 
  5 votes, 1.8%

The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 560 pages, 1951
 
  4 votes, 1.4%

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