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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

Fourth Quarter 2014 Long Read

1862, Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, 1463 pages
 
  35 votes, 20.8%

 
  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%

 
  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%

 
  5 votes, 3.0%

1996, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1079 pages
 
  5 votes, 3.0%

 
  1 vote, 0.6%

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