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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 — 848,538 ratings — published 1862 — 3115 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 — 220,671 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 — 41,456 ratings — published 1829 — 273 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 — 15,144 ratings — published 1869 — 2 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 — 13,268 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 — 7,691 ratings — published 1862 — 169 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 — 6,543 ratings — published 1874 — 664 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 — 577 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 Contemplations 3.97 avg rating — 3,924 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
	Ruy Blas 3.54 avg rating — 3,891 ratings — published 1838 — 149 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

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1862, Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, 1463 pages

35 votes, 20.8%

1605, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 982 pages

25 votes, 14.9%

1954, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1178 pages

21 votes, 12.5%

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages

20 votes, 11.9%

1844, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1276 pages

17 votes, 10.1%

800 BC, The Iliad by Homer, 683 pages

11 votes, 6.5%

1874, The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, 723 pages

11 votes, 6.5%

1957, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1168 pages

9 votes, 5.4%

1993, A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages

8 votes, 4.8%

1930, The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, 1774 pages

5 votes, 3.0%

1996, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1079 pages

5 votes, 3.0%

1748, Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson, 1534 pages

1 vote, 0.6%

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