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Victor Hugo

Born

in Besançon, Doubs, France

February 26, 1802

Died

May 22, 1885

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Philosophy

Influences

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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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	Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 858,229 ratings — published 1862 — 3284 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 223,326 ratings — 4219 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Day of a Condemned Man 3.94 avg rating — 45,223 ratings — published 1829 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Laughs 4.25 avg rating — 15,483 ratings — published 1869 — 777 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantine (Les Misérables, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 13,597 ratings — published 1862 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Misérables: Volume Two (Les Misérables, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 7,880 ratings — published 1862 — 255 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ninety-Three 4.08 avg rating — 6,703 ratings — published 1874 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo, James Hogarth (Translator), Graham Robb (Introduction) 4.05 avg rating — 5,259 ratings — published 1866 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Contemplations 3.97 avg rating — 4,022 ratings — published 1856 — 200 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruy Blas 3.54 avg rating — 3,992 ratings — published 1838 — 275 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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1831, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, 614 pages

40 votes, 22.7%

1880, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 776 pages

30 votes, 17.0%

1853, Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1032 pages

30 votes, 17.0%

900, The Arabian Nights, 1049 pages

17 votes, 9.7%

1920, Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset, 1168 pages

13 votes, 7.4%

1989, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, 973 pages

10 votes, 5.7%

1965, The Magus by John Fowles, 656 pages

8 votes, 4.5%

440 BC, The Histories by Herodotus, 716 pages

7 votes, 4.0%

1901, The Wings of the Dove by Henry James, 741 pages

5 votes, 2.8%

1997, Underworld by Don DeLillo, 832 pages

5 votes, 2.8%

1987, The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 656 pages

3 votes, 1.7%

1863, Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, 862 pages

3 votes, 1.7%

1976, Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, 729 pages

3 votes, 1.7%

1876, Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, 796 pages

2 votes, 1.1%

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