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Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo. Wrote seven plays, countless poems, books, and multiple other forms of writings. Life. Born in Besançon in 1802 His parents were divorced; his mother raised him. He attended Lycée Louis-le Grand in Paris when he was 13. It was then he realized his literary calling.

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Victor Hugo

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  1. Victor Hugo Wrote seven plays, countless poems, books, and multiple other forms of writings.

  2. Life • Born in Besançonin 1802 • His parents were divorced; his mother raised him. • He attended Lycée Louis-le Grand in Paris when he was 13. It was then he realized his literary calling. • He was married to a woman named Adèle Foucher. • He wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1831 • It wasn’t until his later life that he became involved in politics. • He died May 22nd, 1885 in Paris.

  3. Exile • Victor Hugo spent 19 years in exile. • Hugo was in exile because of the French coup of 1851. • He spent three of those years on the island of Jersey. For the rest of the time he spent on the island of Guernsey. • He wrote many political poems while on the islands.

  4. Plays • Hernani • Cromwell • Ruy Blas • Le roi s’amuse • Les Burgrave • Torquemada

  5. Famous Books • Les Misérables • Hunchback of Notre Dame, The • History of a Crime, The • Man Who Laughs, The • Toilers of The Sea, The

  6. Interesting Facts • He supported the republican form of government. • Even after he was dead he still was having books published. • His funeral was attended by two million people.

  7. Works Cited • www.victorhugo.gg • www.readbooksonline.net/books/Hugo/5/ • www.online-literature.com/victor_hugo/ • www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/274974/Victor-Hugo/3353/Exile-1851-70 Photos • http://erasmusa.blogspot.com/2013/01/les-miserables-2012.html • http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30597.The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame • http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/man-who-laughs-victor-hugo/1100187693 • http://www.ioffer.com/117490593 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo • https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/boheme/hugo.html

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