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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

Polls

October 2015 Old School Classic Poll

 
  29 votes, 20.7%

 
  26 votes, 18.6%

 
  16 votes, 11.4%

1877, Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 245 pages
 
  16 votes, 11.4%

1880, Heidi by Johanna Spyri, 352 pages
 
  14 votes, 10.0%

1893, Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain, 160 pages
 
  12 votes, 8.6%

1721, Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, 339 pages
 
  11 votes, 7.9%

 
  10 votes, 7.1%

1874, Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo, 352 pages
 
  4 votes, 2.9%

 
  2 votes, 1.4%

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