Théâtre II: Ruy Blas / Lucrèce Borgia / Marie Tudor / Angelo

by Victor Hugo

"Victor Hugo est un inspiré, on peut même dire qu'il fut l'Inspiré par excellence, et son oeuvre est la meilleure démonstration qui soit de ce phénomène étrange, et si embarrassant pour la disposition critique, que l'on appelle l'inspiration." Paul Claudel

634 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

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.