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Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo[1] (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ⓘ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables ...
Demain dès l'aube (English: Tomorrow at dawn) is one of French writer Victor Hugo 's most famous poems. It was published in his 1856 collection Les Contemplations. It consists of three quatrains of rhyming alexandrines. The poem describes a visit to his daughter Léopoldine Hugo 's grave four years after her death. [1]
L'Année terrible ( French pronunciation: [lane tɛʁibl]) is a series of poems written by Victor Hugo and published in 1872. They deal with the Franco-Prussian War, the trauma of losing his son Charles, and with the Paris Commune. Covering the period from August 1870 to July 1871, a group of poems encapsulates each month, blending Hugo's ...
Early life. Léopoldine was born in Paris, the second of five children and eldest daughter of Victor Hugo and Adèle Foucher. She was named after her paternal grandfather, Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo, [1] as was her late brother, Léopold, who died in infancy. Despite her father's growing anti-clerical views, Léopoldine grew up as a devout ...
Maison de Victor Hugo. Appearance. Coordinates: 48°51′17.5″N2°21′58″E48.854861°N 2.36611°E. Maison de Victor Hugo. Maison de Victor Hugo (English: Victor Hugo's House) is a writer's house museum located where Victor Hugo lived for 16 years between 1832 and 1848. [ 1 ] It is one of the 14 City of Paris' Museums that have been ...
La Légende des siècles (French pronunciation: [la leʒɑ̃d de sjɛkl], lit. 'The Legend of the Ages') is a collection of poems by Victor Hugo, conceived as an immense depiction of the history and evolution of humanity. Written intermittently between 1855 and 1876 while Hugo worked in exile on numerous other projects, the poems were published ...
1880-1926. Publication place. France. French Wikisource has original text related to this article: Actes et paroles. Actes et Paroles (French pronunciation: [akt e paʁɔl], words and deeds) is a collection of Victor Hugo 's political utterances from 1841 to 1876. It contains his speeches, largely unchanged, and a record of his political career.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, lit. ' Our Lady of Paris ', originally titled Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482) is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which features prominently throughout the novel.