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The essential Victor Hugo

By Victor Hugo , E. H. Blackmore , A. M. Blackmore

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0192803638, 9780192803634, 9780191516757
LCC
PQ2283 .B55 2004
Open Library ID
OL22588064M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1500261 bytes)
Series
Oxford world's classics
Pages
576\576
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

'To the English, I am "shocking"...What's more, French, which is disgusting; republican, which is abominable; exiled, which is repulsive; defeated, which is infamous. To top it all off, a poet...' Victor Hugo dominated literary life in France for over half a century, pouring forth novels, poems, plays, and other writings with unflagging zest and vitality. Here, for the first time in English, all aspects of his work are represented within a single volume. Famous scenes from the novels Notre-Dame, Les Misérables, and The Toilers of the Sea are included, as well as excerpts from his intimate diaries, poems of love and loss, and scathing denunciations of the political establishment. All the chosen passages are self-contained and can be enjoyed without any previous knowledge of Hugo's work. Much of the material is appearing in English for the first time, and most of it has never before been annotated thoroughly in any language.

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