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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 — 848,702 ratings — published 1862 — 204 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 — 220,729 ratings — published 1831 — 4228 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 3.95 avg rating — 41,489 ratings — published 1829 — 23 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 — 15,151 ratings — published 1869 — 333 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 — 13,281 ratings — published 1862 — 751 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) 4.43 avg rating — 7,693 ratings — published 1862 — 676 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 — 6,548 ratings — published 1874 — 212 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 — 5,141 ratings — published 1866	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 — 3,926 ratings — published 1856 — 194 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
	Claude gueux 3.77 avg rating — 3,650 ratings — published 1834	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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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, 1967, 457 pages

42 votes, 16.9%

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33 votes, 13.3%

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27 votes, 10.9%

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23 votes, 9.3%

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850, 228 pages

23 votes, 9.3%

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922, 422 pages

18 votes, 7.3%

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883, 311 pages

17 votes, 6.9%

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, 1994, 460 pages

15 votes, 6.0%

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1845, 1276 pages

14 votes, 5.6%

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, 1864, 240 pages

11 votes, 4.4%

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 1844, 786 pages

2 votes, 0.8%

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