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Victor Hugo


Born
in Besançon, Doubs, France
February 26, 1802

Died
May 22, 1885

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Philosophy

Influences
William Shakespeare, Chateaubriand, Walter Scott, Lamartine, Dante ...more


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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Average rating: 4.16 · 1,139,491 ratings · 40,212 reviews · 6,834 distinct works • Similar authors
Les Misérables
4.20 avg rating — 804,551 ratings — published 1862 — 2993 editions
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
4.02 avg rating — 203,430 ratings — published 1831 — 117 editions
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The Last Day of a Condemned...
3.98 avg rating — 31,136 ratings — published 1829 — 402 editions
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The Man Who Laughs
4.24 avg rating — 13,513 ratings — published 1869 — 708 editions
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Fantine (Les Misérables, #1)
4.40 avg rating — 11,475 ratings — published 1862 — 685 editions
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Les Misérables: Volume Two ...
4.41 avg rating — 6,433 ratings — published 1818 — 667 editions
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Ninety-Three
4.08 avg rating — 5,797 ratings — published 1874 — 651 editions
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The Toilers of the Sea
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4.07 avg rating — 4,483 ratings — published 1866 — 258 editions
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Les Contemplations
3.96 avg rating — 3,402 ratings — published 1856 — 233 editions
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Ruy Blas
3.53 avg rating — 3,340 ratings — published 1838 — 236 editions
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“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo
tags: literature, music, poetry
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“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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Polls

2016 suggestion category 2. 500 pages or more.

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
 
  9 votes, 52.9%

The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker
 
  5 votes, 29.4%

The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag
 
  2 votes, 11.8%

 
  1 vote, 5.9%

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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