Les Misérables novelist Victor Hugo was treated very differently by the two Channel Islands he lived in, according to his ...

Victor Hugo’s posthumous reputation rests mainly upon his magnificent and dauntingly prodigious output as a man of letters – as a novelist, a poet, a playwright and essayist, whose greatest ...

The Hammer Museum’s exhibition of Victor Hugo’s drawings will make one wonder why the ‘Les Mis’ author wasn’t better known for his art.

Some of the books Bhagat Singh thumbed through still survive today, their pages worn and underlined, holding the fingerprints ...

Victor Hugo was perhaps the most famous French writer of his day. Unknown to his legions of fans, however, was an accomplished artist whose innovative use of pen and ink went on to intrigue the ...

Victor Hugo's name has deservedly been attached to the cry for social justice. Indeed, with such socially charged books such as Les Misérables (1863) and The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829 ...

THE purpose of this paper is to review the history of Victor Hugo’s fame. It may thus be possible to arrive at an opinion, that shall not be founded on individual taste or mere caprice, as to ...

Wanna solution for being miserable? Read Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables.” English Translation: “The Miserables” or “The Wretcheds.” Hugo’s nineteenth century historical novel is 1,200 pages long. On ...

Victor Hugo Statue Takes a Prominent Place in France’s Debate on Race After a restoration darkened the hue of a statue at the birthplace of the French writer, complaints ensued — then vandalism.

Victor Hugo complies with the first duty of a writer — he is interesting; but it would be as unwise to give him too much praise for that as, in view of the fact that the first duty of men is to ...