victor hugo

     

Chapters in an 1831 work by this author include "Maitre Jacques Coppenole" & "A Tear for a Drop of Water"

Trivia about victor hugo

  • In 1833 a French historian said that this author had built "a cathedral as solid as the foundations of the other (one)"
  • While living in exile on the island of Guernsey, he published "Les Miserables"
  • In his 80th year, the Paris street where he lived was renamed for this "Hunchback of Notre Dame" author
  • The premiere of this Quasimodo creator's play "Hernani" caused a riot; Verdi based an opera on it anyway
  • When this author of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" died in 1885, his body lay in state under the Arc De Triomphe
  • "Les chatiments" is a group of satirical poems attacking Napoleon III by this creator of Quasimodo
  • He said he was inspired to write the book after finding the Greek word for fate carved in a tower of Notre Dame
  • His first novel was "Hans of Iceland", 8 years before "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
  • In 1871 this author of "Les Miserables" was elected to the French National Assembly, but soon resigned
  • He began a novel called "Les Miseres" as early as 1840; it was finished in 1861 with a different title
  • "While man is still a child God keeps him innocent", he wrote in "Les Miserables"
  • This Frenchman's mistress lived near Hauteville House , his home on Guernsey, making him less "miserable"
  • Born in Besancon, France in 1802, life wasn't "miserable" for this author, seen here
  • During his years in exile, this "Les Miserables" author lived for a while in Vianden; his house there is now a museum
  • His novel "Les Miserables" ends miserably in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery
  • Before "Les Miserables", he attacked the French penal system in the novel "Claude Gueux"
  • "L'art d'etre grand-pere" is a not so miserables poetry collection by this author
  • This author of "Les Miserables" wrote to his future wife that "It seems to me that what I feel is not of Earth"
  • Isabelle Adjani played the obsessive daughter of this author in "The Story of Adele H."
  • We have a "hunch" you can visit this author's home at No. 6 Place des Vosges in Paris
  • "Esmeralda", an 1840s opera, is based on a work by this "Miserable" author
  • Fames Socialist Eugene V. Debs was named for 2 socially conscious French authors: Eugene Sue & this man
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew on the set of "Les Miserables" at the Imperial Theatre) You can almost hear the revolutionaries on the Broadway set of "Les Miserables", based on a novel by this French author
  • His 1843 play "The Burgraves" failed miserably, but his 1862 novel "Les Miserables" was a smash
  • After his death in 1885, his body lay in state under the Arc de Triomphe
  • Oct. 12, 1822 was a romantic day for this French romantic novelist: he got married at St. Sulpice
  • You can visit this author's home at No. 6 Place des Vosges, not too far from Notre Dame