Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
Author of Les Misérables
About the Author
Victor Hugo was born in Besançon, France on February 26, 1802. Although he originally studied law, Hugo dreamed of writing. In 1819, he founded the journal Conservateur Litteraire as an outlet for his dream and soon produced volumes of poetry, plays, and novels. His novels included The Hunchback show more of Notre Dame and Les Miserables. Both of these works have been adapted for the stage and screen many times. These adaptations include the Walt Disney version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the award-winning musical sensation Les Miserables. In addition to his literary career, Hugo also held political office. In 1841, he was elected to the Academie Francaise. After political upheaval in 1851, he was exiled and remained so until 1870. He returned to Paris in 1871 and was elected to the National Assembly, though he soon resigned. He died on May 22, 1885. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Victor Hugo en 1878 parr Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, dit)
Series
Works by Victor Hugo
The Works of Victor Hugo: One Volume Edition (Black's Readers Service) (1928) — Author — 338 copies, 1 review
Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame: A Graphic Novel (2006) — Original story — 130 copies, 1 review
Dernier Jour D Un Condam (Folio (Gallimard)) (French Edition) (1829) — Author — 113 copies, 2 reviews
Three Novels: The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Les Misérables / The Man Who Laughs (2008) 61 copies, 1 review
The Hunchback of Notre Dame In Easy-to-Read Type (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) [adapted] (1995) 50 copies
Les Misérables (4/5) : The idyl of the rue Plumet and the epic of the rue Saint-Denis (2009) — Author — 40 copies
MISÉRABLES (LES) 25 copies
Les Misérables: The Classic Story of the Triumph of Grace and Redemption, Adapted for Today’s Reader (Reimann Classics) (2014) 17 copies
Victor Hugo: Four Plays: Hernani, Marion de Lorme, Lucrece Borgia and Ruy Blas (World Classics) (2004) 16 copies
De elendige. B.3 16 copies
Victor Hugo: Oeuvres complètes - 122 titres (Annotés et illustrés) - Arvensa Editions (French Edition) (2013) 14 copies
Lire et s'entraîner : Victor Hugo : Notre-Dame de Paris [book + sound recording] (2002) — Writer — 13 copies
Lire et s'entraîner : Victor Hugo : Les Misérables [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 11 copies
Les Miserables (Fantine), T. 1 CD Audio MP3 (Hugo) (LFF (Lire en français facile)) (French Edition) (2010) 11 copies
Complete Works of Victor Hugo 10 copies
God and The End of Satan / Dieu and La Fin de Satan: Selections: In a Bilingual Edition (2014) 9 copies
Les Misérables Tome 2: Cosette (A2): Les Misérables Tome 2: Cosette (A2) (Lff (Lire En Francais Facile)) (French Edition) (2010) 8 copies
I miserabili - Vol. I 8 copies
Les Miserables Vol III — Author — 8 copies
History of a Crime / Napoleon the Little — Author — 8 copies
Jen ty nám zůstáváš, ó lásko 8 copies
Les Miserables, Abridged and Edited with introduction, notes, and Vocabulary By O. B. Super (in French) (1903) 8 copies
Toute la lyre 7 copies
Victor Hugo's Novels Volume III: Les Miserables Part Two, By Order of the King (1880) 7 copies, 1 review
Notre-Dame de Paris Book (Level 3) (Lectures Cle En Francais Facile) (French Edition) (2003) 7 copies
Hüljatud. [romaan] / 1 6 copies
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 6 copies
Œuvres de Victor Hugo : Hernani-Marion De Lorme - Le roi s'amuse — Author — 6 copies
Works of Victor Hugo. Les Miserables, Notre-Dame de Paris, Man Who Laughs, Toilers of the Sea, Poems & more (mobi) (2008) 6 copies
Notre-Dame de Paris: Une anthologie (Folio classique - Prescriptions) (French Edition) (2017) — Author — 6 copies
Les misérables volume 2 — Author — 5 copies
Les Contemplations, Livres I à IV : suivi du parcours « Les Mémoires d'une âme » (La poésie) (French Edition) (2019) 5 copies
De klokkenluider van de Notre Dame 5 copies
Hans of Iceland, Bug-Jargal, and Claude Gueux Valjean Leatherbound Edition (The Novels of Victor Hugo, Valjean Edition) (1877) 5 copies
Les Misérables, Volume V / Hans of Iceland — Author — 4 copies
Le Misérables. Tome 2 (Les incontournables de la littérature en BD) (2010) — Auteur illustré — 4 copies
Dramas 4 copies
Quatre-vingt-treize, niveau 1, tome 2. Le Français universel, 2ème série, moins de 1600 mots (1994) 4 copies
Poésies complètes, tome 1 : Odes et Ballades, Les Orientales, Les Feuilles d'automne, Les Chants du crépuscule (1972) 4 copies
Les Miserables (Penguin Classics) [ LES MISERABLES (PENGUIN CLASSICS) BY Hugo, Victor ( Author ) Apr-29-1982 (1982) 4 copies
I miserabili - Vol. III 4 copies
The Works of Hugo 4 copies
Le Pape 4 copies
Hüljatud. 1 4 copies
Victor Hugo: The Complete Novels (Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Toilers of the Sea, The Man Who Laughs...) (2020) 4 copies
Những người khốn khổ 4 copies
Los miserables I 4 copies
Hüljatud. 2. 4 copies
The Dramas of Victor Hugo, Vol. 22: The Burgraves Torquemada Lucretia Borgia (Classic Reprint) (2015) — Author — 4 copies
Poésies complètes, tome 2 : Les Chansons des rues et des bois, L'année terrible, L'Art d'être grand-père (1972) 4 copies
Les Miserables, Tome 1: Fantine (Textes En Francais Facile - Level 1) (French Edition) (1990) 4 copies
KATEDRALJA E PARISIT 4 copies
Samfunnets ulykkelige 2 4 copies
Les misérables - Niveau 2/A2 - Lectures CLE en Français facile - Livre CD - 2ème édition (Découverte classique) (French Edition) (2016) 4 copies
Dramas, Volume 1 4 copies
Samfunnets ulykkelige B. 1 4 copies
Oeuvres de Victor Hugo 4 copies
Nędznicy. tom II 4 copies
Victor Hugo: The Complete Novels A Biography of the Author (The Greatest Writers of All Time) 4 copies
NOTRE DAME; and THE HISTORY OF A CRIME, THE TESTIMONY OF AN EYE-WITNESS. THE NOVELS OF VICTOR HUGO, Volume I (1880) 3 copies
Things Seen - Essays 3 copies
OS GRANDES ROMANCES HISTORICOS 3 copies
NJERIU QË QESH 3 copies
Notre-Dame de Paris (Les incontournables de la littérature en BD) (2010) — Auteur illustré — 3 copies
The works of Victor Hugo (Ten-Volume De Luxe Edition Set, Vol. 03) (Les Misérables, Books 03-04) 3 copies
Os miseráveis 3 copies
I miserabili - Vol. IV 3 copies
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 3 copies
Sefiller Cilt II 3 copies
works of Victor Hugo, The 3 copies
I miserabili - Vol. V 3 copies
Les Miserables: I-III 3 copies
Les Miserables, Vol. 3 3 copies
I Miserabili. Volume quarto 3 copies
I Miserabili. Volume terzo 3 copies
La légende des siècles, vol. III 3 copies
I Miserabili. Volume secondo 3 copies
I Miserabili. Volume primo 3 copies
Les Misérables 1 3 copies
Kurjat 5 Jean Valjean 3 copies
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 3 3 copies
Dramas, Volume 2 3 copies
Pauca meae (Livre IV des Contemplations): suivi d'une anthologie sur la poésie du romantisme au surréalisme (2016) 3 copies
Los miserables. Prologo con resena critica de la obra, vida y obra del autor, y marco historico. (Spanish Edition) (2013) 3 copies
Oeuvres complètes 15 : Les Burgraves, Mille francs de récompense, Torquemada (1963) — Author — 3 copies
Les chatiments - L'année terrible 3 copies
Jadnici, dio 1 3 copies
Pendant l'Exil 1852-1870 3 copies
Les Misérables , par Victor Hugo... 3 copies
Les misérables 3 copies
Les Misérables (English language) 3 copies
Poésie 3 copies
T. 1 3 copies
Notre-Dame de Paris 3 copies
Victor Hugo. La Légende des siècles . Avec... des notes explicatives par Philippe Van Tieghem,... 3 copies
Oeuvres complètes . Politique : Paris. Mes Fils. Actes et Paroles (I, II, III, IV). Testament littéraire. (1985) 3 copies
Les Contemplations: choix de poèmes 3 copies
Les Misérables, t.2 3 copies
T. 3 3 copies
T. 2 3 copies
LOS MISERABLES (I) 3 copies
La légende des siècles II 3 copies
Les Miserables: Smithsonian Historical Performances [1937 recording] (1995) — Author — 3 copies, 1 review
Kozetta. Iz romana "otverzhennye" 3 copies
Jadnici, dio 2 3 copies
Victor Hugo's Works 2 copies
MISÉRABLES (LES) T.01 2 copies
Actes Et Paroles, Vol. 5: Depuis l'Exil, 1870-1871 (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 2 copies
Oamenii mării 2 copies
Les Miserables Volume I 2 copies
Hafvets arbetare 2 copies
Toilers of the Sea, Vols 3 & 4 2 copies
Crotaire Notre Dame 2 copies
Os Miseráveis - volume II 2 copies
A párizsi Notre-Dame 1482 regény 2 copies
Brockhaus Literaturcomics - Weltliteratur im Comic-Format - Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame (2012) 2 copies
Ce que disent les tables parlantes 2 copies
Les Misérables... 2 copies
Die Elenden Bd. 2 [...] 2 copies
A nyomorultak II. kötet 2 copies
The Complete Novels of Victor Hugo 2 copies
A nyomorultak I. kötet 2 copies
Cet immense rêve de l'océan... : Paysages de mer et autres sujets marins par Victor Hugo (2005) 2 copies
Η ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΠΑΡΙΣΙΩΝ 2 copies
The voice of genius down the ages 2 copies
Almas crucificadas 2 copies
L' intervention: comédie: Postface de Arnaud Laster: Petit carnet de mise en cène de Ruth Orthmann (2002) 2 copies
LOS MISERABLES (II) 2 copies
Os miseráveis IV 2 copies
The wretched 2 copies
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame : Illustrated Abridged Children Classic English Novel with Review Questions (2021) 2 copies
Os miseráveis V 2 copies
Os miseráveis III 2 copies
The Works of Victor Hugo, Hans of Iceland, Bug-Jargal, Claude Gueux, Last Days of a Condemned 2 copies
Han z Islandii 2 copies
Les misérables [1988 TV animated movie] — Author — 2 copies
Les Misérables, tome 1 2 copies
Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné: suivi d'un parcours « Écrire pour dénoncer l'injustice » (2020) 2 copies
Vesalingarnir (I - II) 2 copies
El Jorobado de Notre Dame (Clasicos Para Ninos/ Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2006) 2 copies
Em viagem III 2 copies
Le Misérables. Tome 1 (Les incontournables de la littérature en BD) — Auteur illustré — 2 copies
Os Miseráveis 2 copies
Les Misérables [1952 film] — Original book — 2 copies
Los Miserables (Volumen III) 2 copies
Die Elenden Bd. 1 [...] 2 copies
Poésies — Author — 2 copies
A Bilingual Edition of the Major Epics of Victor Hugo (Studies in French Literature) (2002) 2 copies
Nuestra Señora de París. Vol. I 2 copies
Dramas, Volume 4 2 copies
Os Miseráveis I: Fantina 2 copies
Tutto il teatro 2 copies
Dramas, Volume 3 2 copies
Conversando com a Eternidade 2 copies
مذكرات محكوم عليه بالإعدام 2 copies
Calvário de libertação 2 copies
Les Contemplations - Victor Hugo - Livres I - VI - Les classiques de la poésie française: (3) (French Edition) (2020) 2 copies
Hans of Iceland and Bug-Jargal — Author — 2 copies
Lettres à la fiancée: 1820-1822 2 copies
Les Miserables, Vol. III 2 copies
The dramas complete and unabridged of Victor Hugo, VI : Mary Tudor ; The twins — Author — 2 copies
The Novels of Victor Hugo, Vol. 13: Toilers of the Sea Part Two, and, Ninety-Three Part One (2016) 2 copies
L'homme qui rit, [vol.] 3 2 copies
Les travailleurs de la mer, [vol.] 3 2 copies
Les Misérables - Tome III 2 copies
VIC Los miserables (1) 2 copies
Carnets intimes: 1870-1871 2 copies
L' esprit de la lettre: [exposition, Paris,] Maison de Victor Hugo, 25 octobre 2007-3 février 2008 (2007) 2 copies
The Burgraves ; Amy Robsart — Author — 2 copies
4 Vintage Hardcover Books by Victor Hugo: Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Laughing Man, Toilers of the Sea, Ninety-Three (1909) — Author — 2 copies
Los miserables T2 2 copies
Theatre, 4 vols. 2 copies
Oeuvres complètes 14 : Angelo, tyran de Padoue, La Esmeralda, Ruy Blas, Inez de Castro (1963) 2 copies
Quatre-Vingt Treize, 2 vols. 2 copies
Travailleurs de la Mer 2 vols. 2 copies
Voix Interieures 2 copies
Claude Gueux suivi de La Chute 2 copies
Собрание сочинений в 15 томах 2 copies
Chefs-d'oeuvre poétiques 2 copies
I Miserabili. Volume quinto 2 copies
Hernani ; Esmerelda — Author — 2 copies
En Voyage 2 copies
Ode et Ballades 2 copies
La Legende des Siecles, 1e serie 2 copies
Les Miserables, 5 vols. 2 copies
L'homme qui rit, [vol.] 4 2 copies
De Ulykkelige. Bind 1-4 2 copies
La poésie de victor hugo. extraits présentés par maurice levaillant et madame c. daubray. (1943) 2 copies
Fantine 2 copies
Les Miserables, Tome 1 2 copies
L'archipel de la Manche Les travailleurs de la mer (L'oeuvre romanesque de Victor Hugo.) (1992) 2 copies
Hernani, Esmeralda, Marion de Lorme 2 copies
Ruy Blas. Los Burgraves. Torquemada 2 copies
1928 WORKS OF VICTOR HUGO ILLUSTRATED FINE BINDING HUNCHBACK NOTRE DAME CRIME [Hardcover] Victor Hugo (1928) 2 copies
Galejslaven 2 copies
Notre-Dame de Paris [Histoires universelles - Edition abrégée et adaptée par Thomas Leclere et illustrée par Benjamin Carré] (1831) 2 copies
HAN 2 copies
Hugo Victor 2 copies
Océan (suite) 2 copies
Histoire d'un crime. 2 — Author — 2 copies
Los Miserables. Tomo 1 2 copies
De klokkeluider van de Notre Dame 2 copies
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 12 2 copies
Obras de Vitor Hugo ( Volume I ) 2 copies
Os Fundos Falsos do Obstáculo 2 copies
Les Misérables, tome 4 2 copies
Miserables, Les: Volume 1 2 copies
Les Mise'rables 2 copies
البؤساء (abridged) 2 copies
Sefiller I 2 copies
Notre-Dame of Paris, volume four 2 copies
Notre-Dame of Paris, volume three 2 copies
PQ2286 .A47 Les Misérables 1 copy
L'Homme qui rit (2) 2Tomes 1 copy
Choix de Posies Lyriques 1 copy
L'Homme qui rit (1) 2Tomes 1 copy
Ninety-Three, Volume 1 of 2 1 copy
El último día de un condenado a muerte. Claude Geaux (Básica de Bolsillo nº 347) (Spanish Edition) 1 copy
Lettres à Juliette Drouet 1 copy
Os Miseráveis III: Mário 1 copy
Козетта. Гаврош 1 copy
Rabelais: Gargantua 1 copy
Han of Iceland: Volumes I-II 1 copy
Φιλοσοφία και Φιλολογία 1 copy
Ρούυ Μπλας 1 copy
Victor Hugo's Novels 1 copy
L'année terrible 1 copy
Les Miserables 1 1 copy
Poésies: Tome I 1 copy
The Hunchback of Notredame 1 copy
رجل نبيل 1 copy
Die Elenden 1 [...] 1 copy
Парижката Света Богородица 1 copy
Esmerelda 1 copy
Bídníci. 2.sv. 1 copy
Der Zeichner Victor Hugo 1 copy
Jumalaema kiriku kellamees 1 copy
The Bishop's Candlesticks 1 copy
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1 copy
L'uomo che ride (volume II) 1 copy
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 1 copy
Victor Hugo dessinateur 1 copy
Bídníci. 1.sv. 1 copy
Notre Dame de Paris 1 copy
Hunchback of Notre Dame 1 copy
Les Misérables, Vol. one 1 copy
Oeuvres de Victor Hugo. Poesie.Tome 5. Les Contemplations, I Autrefois 1830-1843 (Litterature) (French Edition) (2013) 1 copy
Los miserables 1 1 copy
Los miserables 2 1 copy
History of a crime. Volume 1 1 copy
Les Miserables (Volume I): Vol. I. - Fantine, Translated From The French By Isabel F. Hapgood (2019) 1 copy
Children in Literature: Selections from the Works of Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot (2010) 1 copy
Les Misérables. Volume 1, extraits des 1ère et 2ème parties : Epopée de Jean Valjean, Fantine et Cosette (2003) 1 copy
L'homme qui rit. English 1 copy
POESIES DE VICTOR HUGO 1 copy
Complete Works 1 copy
Η Παναγία των Παρισίων Η Τελευταία Ημέρα ενός Καταδίκου Ο Κλωντ Γκε Ο Φιλελληνισμός του Ουγκώ 1 copy
A király mulat 1 copy
Victor Hugo Raconte Par Un Temoin De Sa Vie (Oeuvres Completes de Victor Hugo, Tome Premier) (1936) 1 copy
Les Misérables - Tome 4 - Gavroche: L’idylle de la rue Plumet et l’épopée de la rue Saint-Denis (2015) 1 copy
Le roi s'amuse ; Lucrece Borgia ; Marie Tudor ; A.Q.C.H.E.B. (a quelque chose hasard est bon) 1 copy
El año terrible 1 copy
Cromwell; María Tudor 1 copy
Φιλοσοφία καί Φιλολογία 1 copy
Bog 1 copy
Les tables tournantes de Jersey: Procès-verbaux des séances de spiritisme chez Victor Hugo (2021) 1 copy
Nędznicy. Tom III/IV 1 copy
The Collected Works of Victor Hugo: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (2015) 1 copy
Der Glöckner von Notre Dame. Band Eins (Die Geschichte von Esmeralda und Quasimodo 1) (German Edition) (2022) 1 copy
Les Miserables, Vol. 5 1 copy
La Légende des Siècles - Victor Hugo - Texte intégral: Édition illustrée | 193 pages Format 15,24 cm x 22,86 cm (2020) 1 copy
Os Miseráveis II: Cosetta 1 copy
Los miserables. 2 tomos 1 copy
LOS MISERABLES TOMO II 1 copy
LOS MISERABLES TOMO I 1 copy
GAVROCHE SI COSETTE 1 copy
NUESTRA SEÑORA DE PARIS 1 copy
Os Miseráveis - Volume 2 1 copy
Os Miseráveis - Volume 1 1 copy
Os Homens do Mar 1 copy
Les Miserables Volume 2 1 copy
Nha Tho Duc Ba Pari 2 1 copy
Nhung Nguoi Khon Kho tap 3 1 copy
Nhung Nguoi Khon Kho 1 copy
OS MISERÁVEIS VOLUME 4 1 copy
POESÍAS 1 copy
Człowiek śmiechu 1 copy
Cugetări 1 copy
ImzlaḌ 1 copy
Mizerabilii, vol. I-V 1 copy
The Laughing Man Vol. 2 1 copy
The Laughing Man Vol. 1 1 copy
LITERATURA Y FILOSOFIA 1 copy
AVANT L´EXIL 1 copy
Ringaren i Notre Dam 1 copy
LE RHIN lettres a un ami 1 copy
EL NOVENTA Y TRES TOMO II 1 copy
EL NOVENTA Y TRES TOMO I 1 copy
A nyomorultak II.kötet 1 copy
OS MISERÁVEIS - QUADRINHOS 1 copy
Sefiller I-II-III-IV 1 copy
Les Misérables / TomeIII 1 copy
Oeuvres poétiques : avant l'exil 1802-1851, les châtiments, les contemplations - préface par gaëtan picon, édition établie et… (1964) 1 copy
Les misérables - Tome 3 1 copy
Les misérables - Tome 2 1 copy
Quedas e Ascensão 1 copy
Párias em Rendenção 1 copy
Do Abismo às Estrelas 1 copy
Great works of Victor Hugo 1 copy
Los miserables Tomo I y II 1 copy
Victor Hugo en America 1 copy
Seçme Şiirler 1 copy
Œuvres Poétiques compètes 1 copy
Les misérables (tome9) 1 copy
Les misérables (tome 1) 1 copy
Les misérables (tome3) 1 copy
Les misérables (tome4) 1 copy
Les misérables (tome5) 1 copy
Les misérables (tome6) 1 copy
Les misérables (tome7) 1 copy
Les misérables (tome8) 1 copy
Ardua Ascensão 1 copy
Kozeta 1 copy
Человек, который смеется 1 copy
Nedznicy-3 1 copy
View of Notre Dame 1 copy
گوژپشت نتردام 1 copy
O Suíno Etéreo 1 copy
Rondônia 1 copy
Os Miseráveis - I volume 1 copy
Человек, который смеется 1 copy
Les Miserables: Volume II 1 copy
MAESTRI I MISERABILI VOL 1 1 copy
Les Miserable pb 1 copy
Los Miserables I 1 copy
أحدب نوتردام 1 copy
SHËN MËRIA E PARISIT 1 copy
NGJARJE TË JETUARA 1 copy
TË MJERËT 1 copy
NJERIU QË QESH 1 1 copy
TË MJERËT 3 1 copy
TË MJERËT 2 1 copy
N.MURAVIEVA 1 copy
KLOD FUKARAI 1 copy
Viti 93 1 copy
DITA E NJE TE DENUARI 1 copy
TE MJERET -VELLIMI 2 1 copy
Mizerabilii 1 copy
Οι ΑΘΛΙΟΙ β΄τόμος 1 copy
Kilencvenhárom II 1 copy
Hugo's Works: 20 Volume Set 1 copy
OS MISEVÁVEIS VOLUME 4 1 copy
Les Feuilles D'Automme 1 copy
Yhdeksänkymmentäkolme 1 copy
Fantine 1 copy
Οι ΑΘΛΙΟΙ 1 copy
The Hunchback of NotreDame 1 copy
Os miseráveis 1 copy
Os Imortais 1 copy
Los miserables I 1 copy
Los miserables II 1 copy
Os Miseráveis vol. V 1 copy
Os Miseráveis vol. IV 1 copy
Os Miseráveis vol. III 1 copy
Os Miseráveis vol. II 1 copy
A párizsi Notre-Dame II 1 copy
Historia de un crimen 1 copy
Отверженные. Т.1. 1 copy
Ч. 1,2 1 copy
Los miserable Vol. 2 1 copy
Los miserables Vol. 1 1 copy
Nostra senyora de parís 1 copy
Hernani el rey se divierte 1 copy
LOS MISERABLES FANTINE 1 copy
Nhà Thờ Đức Bà Pari 2 1 copy
آخرین روز یک محکوم 1 copy
Ostatni dzień skazańca 1 copy
Οι άθλιοι (Les misérables) 1 copy
Ceuvres de V. Hugo 1 copy
Lúltim dia d'un condemnat 1 copy
Victor Hugo (prose) 1 copy
Victor Hugo: Oeuvres compltes - 122 titres (Annots et illustrs) - Arvensa Editions (French Edition) 1 copy
Novantatrè 1 copy
Les Misérable 1 copy
Les Plus Beaux Poèmes 1 copy
Hüljatud, romaan, III 1 copy
Hüljatud, romaan, II 1 copy
Hüljatud, romaan, I 1 copy
Os Miseráveis - 3 1 copy
Œuvres Complètes de Victor Hugo, Vol. 4: Drame; La Esmeralda, Ruy Blas, les Burgraves (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 1 copy
The hunchback of Notre Dame 1 copy
Nôtre-Dame de Paris. [T.] 2 1 copy
Os Miseráveis - 2 1 copy
Os Miseráveis - 1 1 copy
Les Misérables 1 copy
کلود ولگرد 1 copy
Fiche de lecture Bug-Jargal de Victor Hugo (Analyse littéraire de référence et résumé complet) (2019) 1 copy
Bogorodičina crkva u Parizu 1 copy
O CORCUNDA DE NOTRE-DAME 1 copy
Lao động biển cả 1 copy
Notre DameI;n Kamburu 1 copy
The man who laughs. Vol.2 1 copy
The man who laughs. Vol 1 1 copy
First Chapter Collection 001 1 copy
Notre-Dame de Paris - II 1 copy
Les Miserables - Unabridged 1 copy
Theatre II 1 copy
Le Fançais universel, "Notre-Dame de Paris" d'après le roman de Victor Hugo, niveau 1. 4e série moins de 3000 mots (1993) 1 copy
Os Miseráveis 1 copy
Oeuvres (sette tomi) 1 copy
Los miserables - Volumen 2 1 copy
Los miserables - Volumen 1 1 copy
Wo Du bist, da ist das Glück 1 copy
Los Miserables I 1 copy
Los Misserables (2) 1 copy
ASCESE - SALVATORES DEI 1 copy
The Worst Treason 1 copy
Le contemplations. tome i. 1 copy
Les feuilles d'automne - Les chants du crépuscule - Les voix intérieures - Les rayons et les ombres 1 copy
Notre Dame' n kamburu 1 copy
1793 - Γαλλική Επανάσταση 1 copy
Отверженные [Les Misérables] 1 copy
Toilers of the Sea 1 copy
SEFİLLER 1 copy
Noventa e três 1 copy
Notre Dame'nin Kamburu 1 copy
Dramata 1 copy
Correspondance 1833-1883 1 copy
Mannen som ler B. 2 1 copy
Jadnici / 2 1 copy
Mannen som ler B. 3 1 copy
Mannen som ler B. 1 1 copy
La Epopeya del Leon 1 copy
Dramatic Works of Victor Hugo: Translated by Frederick L. Slous and Mrs. Newton Crosland (1894) (2009) 1 copy
Notre-Dame de Paris, Vol. 2: Adapted For Use In Schools And Colleges (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 1 copy
Les misérables Tome IV L'idylle rue Plumet et l'épopée rue Saint-Denis (French Edition) (2011) 1 copy
Œuvres poétiques III 1 copy
The Spanish Dancer. As Told In Don Caesar De Bazan, Pola Negri Edition Illustrated with Scenes from The Paramount Picture (1901) 1 copy
Les Orientales II 1 copy
Les Orientales I 1 copy
La Philosophie religieuse de Victor Hugo : poèmes choisis sur la méthode philosophique du mot juste 1 copy
Œuvres poétiques II 1 copy
Œuvres poétiques I 1 copy
Théâtre de Victor Hugo, deuxième série : Lucrèce Borgia - Marie Tudor - Angelo - Procès d'Ernani et d'Angelo (1850) 1 copy
Les Miserables, Tome 4 1 copy
Les Miserables, Tome 3 1 copy
Les Misérables: The Classic Story of the Triumph of Grace and Redemption, Adapted for Today's Reader 1 copy
Les Miserables, Tome 6 1 copy
Les misérables IV 1 copy
Mizerabilii vol.1 1 copy
Napoléon (suivi de Napoléon le petit par Victor Hugo): édition intégrale (Histoire de France) (2013) 1 copy
Poésies - tome 2 1 copy
Les Miserables, Tome 5 1 copy
Les Miserables, Tome 7 1 copy
Victor Hugo Lamartine Discours et Lettres Discours Politiques de Hugo et Alphonse de Lamartine 1 copy
Depuis l'Exil, tome 2 1 copy
Nędznicy: Tom VII-VIII. 1 copy
Nędznicy: Tom V-VI. 1 copy
Avant l'Exil 1 copy
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Les Miserables, Tome 8 1 copy
Toute la lyre, tome 1 1 copy
Les Oeuvres de Victor Hugo 1 copy
La Condition Animale 1 copy
Oeuvres poétiques Tome 1 1 copy
Meren ahertajat 1 copy
Kurjat. 1-2 1 copy
Les Misérables, Volume III: Marius: Unabridged Bilingual Edition: English-French (Volume 3) (2016) 1 copy
ΟΙ ΑΘΛΙΟΙ ΤΟΜΟΣ Α Β & Γ 1 copy
Théâtre complet 1 copy
Poésie 1 copy
Los Miserables . Volumen II 1 copy
Victor Hugo. Oeuvres choisies illustrées : Par Léopold-Lacour,... Préface de Gustave Simon. Poésies et drames en vers (1953) 1 copy
Nesrečniki 1 copy
The Big Story of the Lion 1 copy
Prose et poésies: selection made and edited by Arthur Wilson-Green (Cambridge modern French series, senior group) (1926) 1 copy
Os miseráveis (Vol 3) 1 copy
Noventa e três III 1 copy
Die Elenden I 1 copy
Les misérables VII 1 copy
Os miseráveis VI 1 copy
O homem que ri II 1 copy
Victor Hugo. Lettres à Juliette Drouet : 1833-1883, le livre de l'anniversaire. Texte établi et présenté par Jean Gaudon (1964) 1 copy
Em viagem II 1 copy
L'Annee Terrible. 1 copy
The Words of Hugo 1 copy
The poetry of Victor Hugo 1 copy
Les Misérables / tome IV 1 copy
Les Misérables / Tome II 1 copy
Poems (Xist Classics) 1 copy
Victor hugo : prose. 1 copy
Herodotus Vol 1 1 copy
Værker 1 copy
Zvoník u Matky Boží 1 copy
Poésies et essais 5 vol. 1 copy
Os Miseraveis - Volume VIII 1 copy
Three works by Victor Hugo 1 copy
Odes 1 copy
L'avenir 1 copy
Avez-vous lu Victor Hugo ? 1 copy
"Je dirai tout" 1 copy
Ausgewählte Gedichte 1 copy
De verstootenen, 1-4 1 copy
Μπροστά στη λαιμητόμο 1 copy
Victor Hugo: dessinateur 1 copy
Miserables, Les: Volume 2 1 copy
Victor Hugo. Odes et ballades. Les Orientales : Extraits. Avec une notice... des notes... par Jean Bogaert (1949) 1 copy
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 5 1 copy
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 4 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XI. Litterature et philosophie - William Shakespeare - Paris - Victor Hugo raconte 1 copy
De verstootenen, 5-7 1 copy
De verstootenen, 8-10 1 copy
Poésies - tome 1 1 copy
Les feuilles d'automne-Les chants du crépuscule- Les voix intérieures- Les rayons et les ombres 1 copy
Victor Hugo de la Jeunesse 1 copy
Victor Hugo's Works (6 VOLUME SET) — Author — 1 copy
Les Miserables (Vol 1); The Laughing Man, Ninety Three, The Toilers of the Sea, Notre Dame (Vol. 2) 1 copy
Théâtre tome 3 1 copy
Les Miserables Vol III 1 copy
Les Misérables, tomes 5 à 8 1 copy
Victor Hugo: Romans 1 copy
Choses vues 1 1 copy
La Costituente romana 1 copy
BI-NAVAYAN BARAYE NOJAVANAN 1 copy
Valda skrifter 1 copy
"93 god'. "Ernani." Stikhotvoreniia. — Author — 1 copy
The Impressionist 1 copy
Dramatic works 1 copy
Verbeelde Gedichten 1 copy
Torquemada. Les jumeaux 1 copy
I MISERABILI - Victor Hugo - versione integrale, arricchita da biografia e frasi celebri (Italian Edition) (2013) 1 copy
Hugo Selected Works 1 copy
Contos para os Meus Netos 1 copy
Victor Hugo's Works: Dramas Vols. 1 and 2 (Hernani, The Twin Brothers, Angelo, Amy Robsart) (1895) 1 copy
Roi s'amuse (Le). Lucrèce Borgia. Marie Tudor. A.Q.C.H.E.B. (A quelque chose hasard est bon). 1 copy
Sefiller Cilt #1 1 copy
Regele petrece. Ruy Blas 1 copy
Scrisori din calatorie 1 copy
Les Misérables - Tome I 1 copy
Les Misérables - Tome II 1 copy
Les Misérables - Tome IV 1 copy
Sefiller Cilt #2 1 copy
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 13 1 copy
Les misérables : Tome II. Edition abrégée : Collection : Bibliothèque verte cartonnée & illustrée n° 51 (1951) 1 copy
Les Miseralbles Book Two 1 copy
De ulykkelige Værker I 1 copy
Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) - Vol 1 (of 3) [French English Bilingual Edition] (2012) 1 copy
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 11 1 copy
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 10 1 copy
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 9 1 copy
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 8 1 copy
Samhällets olycksbarn. Bd 7 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes XIX. Lettres à la fiancée – Correspondance 1815-1882 - Post-scriptum de ma vie 1 copy
Dramas: Hernani, The Twin Brothers, Angelo, Amy Robsart; Cromwell, The Burgraves in Two Vol. (1892) 1 copy
Théâtre de Victor Hugo 1 copy
Theatre de Victor Hugo 1 copy
Four Novels 1 copy
Los Miserables. Tomo 1 1 copy
Herodotus Vol 2 1 copy
Les Misérables - Fantine - Vol 1 (of 5) [French English Bilingual Edition] (French Edition) (2011) 1 copy
Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) - Vol 2 (of 3) [French English Bilingual Edition] (French Edition) (2012) 1 copy
les miserables, volume IV The idyll of the street plumet and the epic of the Saint-denis street (English Edition) (2017) 1 copy
Hernani Marion de Lorne 1 copy
Napoleon el pequeño 1 copy
Teatro de juventud 1 copy
Los miserables III 1 copy
Fantine 1 copy
Ninety-Three, Volume 3 1 copy
Jumala ema kirik Pariisis 1 copy
Собор Парижской Богоматери 1 copy
Fiche de lecture Le Roi s'amuse de Victor Hugo (Analyse littéraire de référence et résumé complet) (French Edition) (2019) 1 copy
Bug-Jargal de Victor Hugo (fiche de lecture et analyse complète de l'oeuvre) (French Edition) (2020) 1 copy
أحدب نوتردام 1 copy
CROMWELL VICTOR HUGO: Un poème épique et religieux en vers de Victor Hugo texte intégral ,contexte historique (French Edition) (2022) 1 copy
Os miseráveis - 5 volumes 1 copy
Notre-Dame De Paris, Etc. - Leatherbound (French Edition) — Author — 1 copy
Cosas vistas / Hernani 1 copy
Les Miserables : Tome IV 1 copy
Les Misérables : Tome I 1 copy
Les Miserables : Tome III 1 copy
Les Misérables (Tome III) 1 copy
Les misérables : tome II 1 copy
Les misérables : tome III 1 copy
Les Misérables 02 1 copy
Los miserables (II) 1 copy
I miserabili [vol 1/3] 1 copy
Quatre-Vingt-Treize Tome II 1 copy
Oeuvres de V.Hugo 1 copy
Les Misérables (extraits) 1 copy
Victor Hugo en el Perú — Author — 1 copy
Poésies - 1933 1 copy
The Novels of Victor Hugo, Volume I: Notre-Dame; The History of a Crime - The Testimony of an Eye-Witness 1 copy, 1 review
Veliký Jargal 1 copy
Ubožáci 1 copy
Os Miseráveis Vol.II 1 copy
Les Miserables -Volumes 2 1 copy
The works of Victor Hugo (Ten-Volume De Luxe Edition Set, Vol. 02) (Les Misérables, Books 01-02) 1 copy
Les misérables. Vol3 1 copy
Les Misérables [PB,1987] 1 copy
Rui Blas 1 copy
Havets arbeidere B. 2 1 copy
Havets arbeidere B. 1 1 copy
Els Miserables III 1 copy
Els Miserables II 1 copy
Nostra Dona de París II 1 copy
Árdua ascensão 1 copy
Post-scriptum de mi vida 1 copy
I miserabili 1 copy
Tutti i romanzi, volume 01: (1823-1829). Han d'Islanda,Bug Jargal, l'ultimo giorno di un condannato 1 copy
Marie Tudor 1 copy
Hermani - Marion de Lorme 1 copy
Liryki i poematy 1 copy
Człowiek śmiechu. T. 2 1 copy
Człowiek śmiechu. T. 1 1 copy
Poezje polityczne 1 copy
Nędznicy. T. 2 1 copy
Nędznicy. T. 1 1 copy
Yhdeksänkymmentäkolme II 1 copy
I miserabili 5 - 8 1 copy
FA181 1 copy
Les Romans 1 copy
Les Miserables (1935) 1 copy
Die Elenden in 3 Bänden 1 copy
The End Of Satan (annotated) 1 copy
The Complete Poems 1 copy
Les Miserables 1 copy
I miserabili 1 - 4 1 copy
Poésies Choisies, Tome 1 1 copy
Poésies Choisies, Tome 2 1 copy
En Voyage France et Belgique 1 copy
Nişanlıya Mektuplar 1 copy
Hüljatud III 1 copy
The Tales of Hoffmann 1 copy
The Rhine, in Two Volumes 1 copy
L'Homme au complet marron 1 copy
O Solar de Apolo 1 copy
Victor Hugo. Oeuvres politiques complètes. Oeuvres diverses : . Réunies et présentées par Francis Bouvet (1964) 1 copy
Les Contemplations. Livres IV-V: Prépas scientifiques 2020-2021 (Littérature et civilisation) (French Edition) (2020) 1 copy
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Nhà thờ đức bà Paris 1 copy
La Voix de Guernesey 1 copy
Poems in Translation 1 copy
Victor Hugo. Les Feuilles d'automne. Les Chants du crépuscule : . Extraits. Avec une notice... des notes... par P.-A. Gadenne (1948) 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes. Océan 1 copy
La Pitié Suprême 1 copy
VICTOR HUGO'S NOVELS Illustrated in 5 Volumes, Profusely Illustrated With Elegant Wood Engravings (1869) 1 copy
Toute la lyre . 2. 1 copy
Les Miserables Vol 1-3 1 copy
Les Miserables Vol 4&5 1 copy
Les Miserables Vol 1-3 1 copy
L'Âne 1 copy
Os Miseraveis, v.2 1 copy
Les miserables. Bind 1-4 1 copy
1966 1 copy
Der Mann 1 copy
Victor Hugo's sämmtliche Werke - fünfter Band : Der König macht sich lustig ; Marion de Lorme 1 copy
Religions et Religion 1 copy
Á mujó (ああ無情) 1 copy
Oeuvres de Victor Hugo. Le Rhin. Lettres a Un Ami.Tome 1 (Litterature) (French Edition) (2013) 1 copy
Préface de «Cromwell» 1 copy
The Burgraves 1 copy
Poèmes Uncollected 1 copy
Dernière Gerbe 1 copy
Les Années Funestes 1 copy
Les Miserables - (Vols.I,II,III) - Victor Hugo - Easton Press - Lynd Ward Illustrations (1966) 1 copy
Oeuvres complets 1 copy
Teatro Completo 1 copy
La legende des siecles . La fin de satan / Victor Hugo. Texte etabli et annote par Jacques Truchet 1 copy
Oeuvres de Victor Hugo. Poesie.Tome 6. Les Contemplations, II Aujourd'hui 1843-1856 (Litterature) (French Edition) (2013) 1 copy
Na Sombra e na Luz 1 copy
Préface du "Cromwell" 1 copy
Oeuvres poétiques 1 copy
Vesalingarnir - III 1 copy
עלובי החיים : כרך שני 1 copy
עלובי החיים : כרך שלישי 1 copy
עלובי החיים : כרך ראשון 1 copy
La légende des siècles. 2 1 copy
Les Mis Vol. 2 1 copy
Vesalingarnir - IV 1 copy
Vesalingarnir - II 1 copy
Romans. III 1 copy
Romans. II 1 copy
Romans I 1 copy
Les Misérables.Tome I. 1 copy
Gavroche. Les Misérables III 1 copy
O noventa e tres 1 copy
Les Chatiments Tome II 1 copy
Les Chatiments Tome I 1 copy
Vesalingarnir - I 1 copy
Os Homens do Mar - Volume 2 1 copy
Os Miseraveis - Volume 5 1 copy
Os Miseraveis - Volume 4 1 copy
Os Miseraveis - Volume 3 1 copy
Os miseraveis - Volume 2 1 copy
Os miseraveis - Volume 1 1 copy
O homem que ri - Volume 3 1 copy
O homem que ri - Volume 2 1 copy
O homem que ri - Volume 1 1 copy
Noventa de tres - Volime 2 1 copy
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Victor Hugo, Juliette Drouet et "Tristesse d Olympio" d après des documents inédits. (1945) 1 copy, 1 review
La Légende des siècles II 1 copy
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The Greatest War Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Four Incredible War Tales (2001) — Contributor — 31 copies, 1 review
Classic Survival Stories: Thirteen Tales of Strength, Determination, and the Will to Live (2004) 19 copies
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Oogst Der Tijden. keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 12 copies
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The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories Vol. III: French — Contributor — 4 copies
Le bossu de Notre-Dame / Victor Hugo ; adapted for intermediate students by Paulette Collet and Frank Milani (2000) — some editions — 3 copies
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Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Hugo, Victor
- Legal name
- Hugo, Victor-Marie
- Birthdate
- 1802-02-26
- Date of death
- 1885-05-22
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Occupations
- novelist
playwright
poet - Awards and honors
- state funeral
Académie française (1841) - Relationships
- Hugo, Adèle (wife)
D'Aunet, Leonie (lover)
Hugo, François-Victor (son) - Short biography
- Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802) – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, letters public and private, and dramas in verse and prose.
Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831. In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. Many of his works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment.
Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism; his work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism and his colossal literary achievement established him as a national hero. He was honoured by interment in the Panthéon. - Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
- Places of residence
- Madrid, Spain
Brussels, Belgium
Channel Islands, UK - Place of death
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Burial location
- The Pantheon, Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Map Location
- France
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Reviews
Eu nem sei quando eu vi essa edição lindíssima e decidi que precisava reparar esse buraco nas minhas leituras. Só sei que há muito tempo eu admiro esse monstrengo e fico me desafiando a começar. A quarentena tornou esse enfrentamento inevitável, e minha ida pra Israel tornou-o inadiável. Não tem condição de levar esse trambolho pra canto algum, e, portanto, sentei pra enfrentar o monstro.
Fui surpreendido por um livro de leitura extremamente leve, mesmo com as inúmeras show more referências culturais (históricas, arquitetônicas, etc) que eu frequentemente tinha que parar e procurar. É impressionante como os franceses até hoje tem essa vibe de acordar e ir quebrar tudo um dia, costume vindo das inúmeras revoluções de rua.
Feliz ou infelizmente, eu não vi nenhum filme pra fazer qualquer comparação, e eu lembro de melodias soltas de algum musical que eu vi aos 12 anos, OU SEJA, eu fui relativamente spoiler-free. O que eu de fato não esperava em algo tão adaptado era o número surpreendente de capítulos onde o Victor Hugo só faz reflexões soltas: ele fala das inúmeras explorações dentro do esgoto de Paris, fala da evolução do vocabulário e o que ele representa da própria sociedade, dentre outras coisas. Claro que o grosso do livro é focado em explorar os temas caros ao autor: a miséria humana, a necessidade do progresso social, e a moral. Como ele mesmo afirma, o livro acaba sendo uma jornada do inferno ao céu, representada pelo conhecidíssimo Jean Valjean. Ele começa como um criminoso, recém saído da prisão após ser punido por furtar comida e tentar fugir algumas vezes. Depois de 14 anos de sofrimento, a sociedade o rejeita e ele não consegue hospedagem alguma. Um bispo muito amável e caridoso, que fez um voto de pobreza, o acolhe como pode e Jean acaba no impulso roubando-o. Quando a polícia o pega e apresenta ao bispo, o bispo mente, finge que tudo era um presente pra Jean e lhe oferece seus castiçais de prata. Jean se vê transfigurado por aquele episódio e decide se tornar uma boa pessoa para expiar seus pecados, mas acaba recaindo e rouba uma criança. Ainda mais culpado, ele foge, vai morar no interior, acaba virando um industrial brabo produzindo um tipo de vidro e vive de forma super abnegada, doando tudo que tem pros pobres, sendo um grande homem. Eventualmente, ele vira prefeito, mas Jean Valjean continua sendo culpado de ter roubado da criança. Javert, o inspetor de polícia, conhece Valjean da época de prisão e fica super desconfiado do prefeito porque o prefeito é forte igual um touro, igualzinho Jean seria. Alguém acaba sendo preso por 'ser Jean Valjean' e aí ferrou, o prefeito fica muito culpado. Nesse momento, ele já tinha conhecido Fantine, uma pobre jovem que é iludida por um moço, fica grávida, empobrece, entrega sua filha pruma família dona de uma pousada (os Thernadiers) e acaba decaindo pra prostituição antes de começar a trabalhar numa das fábricas do prefeito. Fantine quer muito rever sua filha antes de morrer. Assim, Valjean fica dividido entre salvar o otário que foi pego em seu lugar e proteger Cosette, a filha de Fantine. E aí começa a evolução de Jean: ele vai pro tribunal, admite ser quem é, salva o cara, pede pra ser preso e volta pra vila porque na hora todo mundo fica chocado e desiste. Ele consegue salvar o cara, pede um tempo pra conseguir entregar a filha pra Fantine, mas Javert decide prendê-lo ali. A coitada da Fantine achando que a filha já tava vindo, percebe que a filha nem tá a caminho, vê o seu benfeitor sendo preso e morre de choque. Jean é preso mas foge temporariamente. O resto do livro, pra ser breve, é ele adotando Cosette, criando-a como sua filha e se debatendo sobre o que fazer, optando invariavelmente pelo bem não obstante o quanto isso o prejudica. Valjean, ao fim do livro, é um santo abnegado, e acaba morrendo antes de viver feliz com sua filha casada. Apesar da história do livro ser de fato envolvente, eu tenho que concordar com um crítico que os diálogos acabam parecendo meio artificiais demais, e você cria simpatia pelos problemas dos personagens, mas não desenvolve uma simpatia pelo jeito deles, sabe. Eu devia ter chorado por tudo que o Jean passou, mas tinha ainda ali uma distância que eu não acho que se devia apenas pela linguagem do livro acabar ficando meio antiquada.
O que é ainda mais interessante é como Hugo acaba falando até do meme atual do iceberg ao descrever a sociedade da mesma maneira, e vários outros insights relevantes que ele tem. Não é segredo que VH era pró-revolução de forma geral, e entendia que o Estado deveria remover as pessoas da miséria, que a miséria geraria o crime e um ciclo vicioso e tortuoso. Apenas através da educação gratuita e do sufrágio, a sociedade evoluiria, e era a crença dele que num futuro relativamente próximo, a gente viveria um mundo idílico, sem todas aquelas mazelas. E sim, esse futuro já seria agora, então infelizmente Hugo foi excessivamente otimista. Ao mesmo tempo que o mundo mudou de forma que temos prosperidade muito acima do que ele sonhava prum número ainda maior de pessoas, a gente tem vivido uma pandemia gigantesca, a desigualdade explodindo, a crise climática, etc. E a miséria que ele retrata, que destrói o âmago das pessoas, remove suas esperanças e as torna más não sumiu. No presente momento, vemos ela crescer, se alastrar; vidas tem sido perdidas ou destruídas, e dá pra ver quão certo Hugo estava. No infeliz Brasil dos últimos anos, naturalizamos a barbárie e a morte, nos desumanizamos. Contamos cadáveres como alguém conta gotas de chuva, e sem perspectiva pra oferecer pra ninguém, não podemos esperar algo além daquilo que sentimos: sem esperança, compaixão ou amor, não sobra moral, não sobra construção de uma sociedade. Sobra apenas rancor, amargura, tristeza e ruína. Não se pode esperar um santo como Valjean numa sociedade que apenas sobrevive. O mais surpreendente é quão frequente nossa moral impede que vejamos tantos criminosos como os Thernadiers. E é exatamente como o prefácio (tradução livre): 'Enquanto existirem [...] decretos de danação pronunciados pela sociedade, artificialmente criando infernos em meio à civilização da terra [....]; enquanto os três grandes problemas do século - a degradação do homem pela pobreza, a corrupção da mulher pela fome, a devastação de crianças pela falta de luz - não forem resolvidos [...], enquanto existirem ignorância e pobreza na terra, livros da natureza de Os Miseráveis não deixarão de ser úteis.' Triste o mundo em que há 200 anos suas mazelas permanecem as mesmas. show less
Fui surpreendido por um livro de leitura extremamente leve, mesmo com as inúmeras show more referências culturais (históricas, arquitetônicas, etc) que eu frequentemente tinha que parar e procurar. É impressionante como os franceses até hoje tem essa vibe de acordar e ir quebrar tudo um dia, costume vindo das inúmeras revoluções de rua.
Feliz ou infelizmente, eu não vi nenhum filme pra fazer qualquer comparação, e eu lembro de melodias soltas de algum musical que eu vi aos 12 anos, OU SEJA, eu fui relativamente spoiler-free. O que eu de fato não esperava em algo tão adaptado era o número surpreendente de capítulos onde o Victor Hugo só faz reflexões soltas: ele fala das inúmeras explorações dentro do esgoto de Paris, fala da evolução do vocabulário e o que ele representa da própria sociedade, dentre outras coisas. Claro que o grosso do livro é focado em explorar os temas caros ao autor: a miséria humana, a necessidade do progresso social, e a moral. Como ele mesmo afirma, o livro acaba sendo uma jornada do inferno ao céu, representada pelo conhecidíssimo Jean Valjean. Ele começa como um criminoso, recém saído da prisão após ser punido por furtar comida e tentar fugir algumas vezes. Depois de 14 anos de sofrimento, a sociedade o rejeita e ele não consegue hospedagem alguma. Um bispo muito amável e caridoso, que fez um voto de pobreza, o acolhe como pode e Jean acaba no impulso roubando-o. Quando a polícia o pega e apresenta ao bispo, o bispo mente, finge que tudo era um presente pra Jean e lhe oferece seus castiçais de prata. Jean se vê transfigurado por aquele episódio e decide se tornar uma boa pessoa para expiar seus pecados, mas acaba recaindo e rouba uma criança. Ainda mais culpado, ele foge, vai morar no interior, acaba virando um industrial brabo produzindo um tipo de vidro e vive de forma super abnegada, doando tudo que tem pros pobres, sendo um grande homem. Eventualmente, ele vira prefeito, mas Jean Valjean continua sendo culpado de ter roubado da criança. Javert, o inspetor de polícia, conhece Valjean da época de prisão e fica super desconfiado do prefeito porque o prefeito é forte igual um touro, igualzinho Jean seria. Alguém acaba sendo preso por 'ser Jean Valjean' e aí ferrou, o prefeito fica muito culpado. Nesse momento, ele já tinha conhecido Fantine, uma pobre jovem que é iludida por um moço, fica grávida, empobrece, entrega sua filha pruma família dona de uma pousada (os Thernadiers) e acaba decaindo pra prostituição antes de começar a trabalhar numa das fábricas do prefeito. Fantine quer muito rever sua filha antes de morrer. Assim, Valjean fica dividido entre salvar o otário que foi pego em seu lugar e proteger Cosette, a filha de Fantine. E aí começa a evolução de Jean: ele vai pro tribunal, admite ser quem é, salva o cara, pede pra ser preso e volta pra vila porque na hora todo mundo fica chocado e desiste. Ele consegue salvar o cara, pede um tempo pra conseguir entregar a filha pra Fantine, mas Javert decide prendê-lo ali. A coitada da Fantine achando que a filha já tava vindo, percebe que a filha nem tá a caminho, vê o seu benfeitor sendo preso e morre de choque. Jean é preso mas foge temporariamente. O resto do livro, pra ser breve, é ele adotando Cosette, criando-a como sua filha e se debatendo sobre o que fazer, optando invariavelmente pelo bem não obstante o quanto isso o prejudica. Valjean, ao fim do livro, é um santo abnegado, e acaba morrendo antes de viver feliz com sua filha casada. Apesar da história do livro ser de fato envolvente, eu tenho que concordar com um crítico que os diálogos acabam parecendo meio artificiais demais, e você cria simpatia pelos problemas dos personagens, mas não desenvolve uma simpatia pelo jeito deles, sabe. Eu devia ter chorado por tudo que o Jean passou, mas tinha ainda ali uma distância que eu não acho que se devia apenas pela linguagem do livro acabar ficando meio antiquada.
O que é ainda mais interessante é como Hugo acaba falando até do meme atual do iceberg ao descrever a sociedade da mesma maneira, e vários outros insights relevantes que ele tem. Não é segredo que VH era pró-revolução de forma geral, e entendia que o Estado deveria remover as pessoas da miséria, que a miséria geraria o crime e um ciclo vicioso e tortuoso. Apenas através da educação gratuita e do sufrágio, a sociedade evoluiria, e era a crença dele que num futuro relativamente próximo, a gente viveria um mundo idílico, sem todas aquelas mazelas. E sim, esse futuro já seria agora, então infelizmente Hugo foi excessivamente otimista. Ao mesmo tempo que o mundo mudou de forma que temos prosperidade muito acima do que ele sonhava prum número ainda maior de pessoas, a gente tem vivido uma pandemia gigantesca, a desigualdade explodindo, a crise climática, etc. E a miséria que ele retrata, que destrói o âmago das pessoas, remove suas esperanças e as torna más não sumiu. No presente momento, vemos ela crescer, se alastrar; vidas tem sido perdidas ou destruídas, e dá pra ver quão certo Hugo estava. No infeliz Brasil dos últimos anos, naturalizamos a barbárie e a morte, nos desumanizamos. Contamos cadáveres como alguém conta gotas de chuva, e sem perspectiva pra oferecer pra ninguém, não podemos esperar algo além daquilo que sentimos: sem esperança, compaixão ou amor, não sobra moral, não sobra construção de uma sociedade. Sobra apenas rancor, amargura, tristeza e ruína. Não se pode esperar um santo como Valjean numa sociedade que apenas sobrevive. O mais surpreendente é quão frequente nossa moral impede que vejamos tantos criminosos como os Thernadiers. E é exatamente como o prefácio (tradução livre): 'Enquanto existirem [...] decretos de danação pronunciados pela sociedade, artificialmente criando infernos em meio à civilização da terra [....]; enquanto os três grandes problemas do século - a degradação do homem pela pobreza, a corrupção da mulher pela fome, a devastação de crianças pela falta de luz - não forem resolvidos [...], enquanto existirem ignorância e pobreza na terra, livros da natureza de Os Miseráveis não deixarão de ser úteis.' Triste o mundo em que há 200 anos suas mazelas permanecem as mesmas. show less
Copy I read was: Translation by Isabel F. Hapgood | Audiobook narrated by Bill Homewood
I came to Les Misérables as someone familiar with and fond of the musical, but not deeply immersed in it. The novel itself felt like a serious undertaking - just shy of 68 hours in audio - but Bill Homewood’s narration is genuinely epic and carries you through what could otherwise feel overwhelming.
The story follows the life of Jean Valjean and the many people whose lives intersect with his, from the show more benevolent Bishop and Cosette, to the more destructive forces represented by Javert and the Thénardiers. One of the things I enjoyed most was the semi-comic tone Hugo often adopts despite the grim subject matter. There’s a warmth and irony in how characters are presented, sometimes gently mocking themselves, sometimes embodying contradiction in a way that feels very human. The Bishop, for instance - giving away everything he owns, including money reimbursed for travel, accompanied by a wry aside on assumptions about greed - is a delight. The Thénardiers, meanwhile, are grotesque and darkly comic in equal measure.
The length of the novel allows you to live with the characters for a long time, and the strength of the characterisation - helped enormously by the narration - makes it surprisingly easy to recognise familiar figures even when they reappear in disguise. Behaviour, voice, and mannerisms are so clearly drawn that there’s a real pleasure in spotting who is who in scenes of partial revelation and misunderstanding.
That said, reflecting both the age of the text and its social context, the portrayal of women is a weak point. Female characters are frequently described as pretty and naïve, and Cosette in particular often seemed implausibly sheltered, disengaged, or incurious about the world around her. The heightened melodrama throughout may also be more a function of the novel’s era than Hugo’s intent, but it does occasionally distance a modern reader.
The broader social commentary - the gulf between rich and poor, the fragility of justice, the moral weight of compassion - remains powerful. Hugo’s famous digressions, from sewers to slang, are often fascinating but can also send the narrative wandering, and I did occasionally lose momentum during those sections.
Overall, this wasn’t quite the life-changing experience some readers describe, but it was far more enjoyable than I’d expected. It’s a vast, humane, often funny novel with moments that still resonate strongly today, despite the many decades that separate it from the modern reader. show less
I came to Les Misérables as someone familiar with and fond of the musical, but not deeply immersed in it. The novel itself felt like a serious undertaking - just shy of 68 hours in audio - but Bill Homewood’s narration is genuinely epic and carries you through what could otherwise feel overwhelming.
The story follows the life of Jean Valjean and the many people whose lives intersect with his, from the show more benevolent Bishop and Cosette, to the more destructive forces represented by Javert and the Thénardiers. One of the things I enjoyed most was the semi-comic tone Hugo often adopts despite the grim subject matter. There’s a warmth and irony in how characters are presented, sometimes gently mocking themselves, sometimes embodying contradiction in a way that feels very human. The Bishop, for instance - giving away everything he owns, including money reimbursed for travel, accompanied by a wry aside on assumptions about greed - is a delight. The Thénardiers, meanwhile, are grotesque and darkly comic in equal measure.
The length of the novel allows you to live with the characters for a long time, and the strength of the characterisation - helped enormously by the narration - makes it surprisingly easy to recognise familiar figures even when they reappear in disguise. Behaviour, voice, and mannerisms are so clearly drawn that there’s a real pleasure in spotting who is who in scenes of partial revelation and misunderstanding.
That said, reflecting both the age of the text and its social context, the portrayal of women is a weak point. Female characters are frequently described as pretty and naïve, and Cosette in particular often seemed implausibly sheltered, disengaged, or incurious about the world around her. The heightened melodrama throughout may also be more a function of the novel’s era than Hugo’s intent, but it does occasionally distance a modern reader.
The broader social commentary - the gulf between rich and poor, the fragility of justice, the moral weight of compassion - remains powerful. Hugo’s famous digressions, from sewers to slang, are often fascinating but can also send the narrative wandering, and I did occasionally lose momentum during those sections.
Overall, this wasn’t quite the life-changing experience some readers describe, but it was far more enjoyable than I’d expected. It’s a vast, humane, often funny novel with moments that still resonate strongly today, despite the many decades that separate it from the modern reader. show less
A stunning read, given that it is a doorstop-sized nineteenth-century novel with a cast of thousands. Dickens would make this story long-winded and turgid, with the sort of word-count padding you expect from hack writers of a later era; Hugo gives you exactly the information you need to portray the places, the people and the times.
The characters are not in any way idealised; Valjean is tragic, Javert is obsessed, Fantine drifts into prostitution as the victim of a rich kid and really remains show more a victim for the rest of her life, and Thénardier is an utter bastard. (If the well-known musical has a fault, it's that it sets out to make Thénardier and his wife lovable rogues, and they are anything but.)
All this is set against the background of major events, all of which are depicted with an almost journalistic immediacy. In the end, the major characters get what they deserve; Valjean gets absolution of a sort, Javert's obsession drives him to suicide when the truth of Valjean's goodness is no longer avoidable, and Thénardier gets a comfortable living on a plantation in the West Indies but dies a (hopefully) nasty death years down the line from a tropical disease.
Yes, I hate Thénardier; and that says something about the characterisation, because I don't normally do hate. And he isn't even a real person! show less
The characters are not in any way idealised; Valjean is tragic, Javert is obsessed, Fantine drifts into prostitution as the victim of a rich kid and really remains show more a victim for the rest of her life, and Thénardier is an utter bastard. (If the well-known musical has a fault, it's that it sets out to make Thénardier and his wife lovable rogues, and they are anything but.)
All this is set against the background of major events, all of which are depicted with an almost journalistic immediacy. In the end, the major characters get what they deserve; Valjean gets absolution of a sort, Javert's obsession drives him to suicide when the truth of Valjean's goodness is no longer avoidable, and Thénardier gets a comfortable living on a plantation in the West Indies but dies a (hopefully) nasty death years down the line from a tropical disease.
Yes, I hate Thénardier; and that says something about the characterisation, because I don't normally do hate. And he isn't even a real person! show less
Capital punishment has always been a difficult issue for me, and reading Hugo’s slim book from 1829 was timely given a measure to repeal it in California will be voted on this November.
The question that those against capital punishment must answer, I think, is why an incorrigible mass-murderer should be allowed to go on living, even if locked up in prison. Hugo’s answer to this is that we should not commit a murder in response to murder, and we should leave punishment to God. Atheists show more may have a problem with that last part, but the first part seems to be at the heart of the matter.
The question that those for the death penalty must answer is why do it, particularly when studies have shown it’s actually more expensive, does not serve as a deterrent to crime, and enforcement is not only racially biased, but sometimes wrong, As David Dow says in the forward to this book, it seems to come down to a need for retribution, and aside from the slippery slope that represents, vengeance is one of the more base parts of human nature.
Hugo doesn’t try to touch on those things or present a balanced argument; he makes it clear he is against capital punishment, and his approach is to make the case for all, instead of picking a single case of injustice (though they exist), or to focus on instances where the method of execution fails, resulting in cruel, lingering, agony (though he does mention a few). He alludes to the condemned man in the novel having killed, and mentions the hideous crimes of past occupants of the prison cell he’s in, but he doesn’t go into specific details for why this particular man should be spared – presumably because there will always be another person who’s committed worse crimes, and is “more deserving” of death.
Hugo’s approach is simple – to show the humanity of the killer. He does this by writing in first person, from the condemned man’s perspective, showing his experiences in prison leading all the way up to his actual execution in the Place de Grève. Behold this thinking, feeling fellow creature, he says. Remember he is a father, husband, and son. Forget for a moment what he has done – what are you about to do?
In the form of another convict he meets, Hugo shows how a man may have come to be a killer – orphaned, with a rough childhood, and once out of prison for theft and honestly trying to turn over a new leaf, shunned and denied work. Doesn’t this touch your heart of hearts, he seems to say, and shouldn’t we follow our most enlightened spiritual leaders in exercising clemency, and not become killers ourseves? You can hear those for the death penalty howl – remember the victims, *their* humanity, how they suffered! – and just where is “The Last Day of the Murdered Man” anyway?
And so it goes. This book is pretty simple, and I doubt it will change minds that are entrenched. It does reveal Hugo’s noble nature, which I admire, and it did make me think, and for that it was worth reading. Interestingly enough, after having used the guillotine for the last time in 1977(!), France ultimately did abolish the death penalty in 1981, nearly a century after Hugo’s death in 1885. show less
The question that those against capital punishment must answer, I think, is why an incorrigible mass-murderer should be allowed to go on living, even if locked up in prison. Hugo’s answer to this is that we should not commit a murder in response to murder, and we should leave punishment to God. Atheists show more may have a problem with that last part, but the first part seems to be at the heart of the matter.
The question that those for the death penalty must answer is why do it, particularly when studies have shown it’s actually more expensive, does not serve as a deterrent to crime, and enforcement is not only racially biased, but sometimes wrong, As David Dow says in the forward to this book, it seems to come down to a need for retribution, and aside from the slippery slope that represents, vengeance is one of the more base parts of human nature.
Hugo doesn’t try to touch on those things or present a balanced argument; he makes it clear he is against capital punishment, and his approach is to make the case for all, instead of picking a single case of injustice (though they exist), or to focus on instances where the method of execution fails, resulting in cruel, lingering, agony (though he does mention a few). He alludes to the condemned man in the novel having killed, and mentions the hideous crimes of past occupants of the prison cell he’s in, but he doesn’t go into specific details for why this particular man should be spared – presumably because there will always be another person who’s committed worse crimes, and is “more deserving” of death.
Hugo’s approach is simple – to show the humanity of the killer. He does this by writing in first person, from the condemned man’s perspective, showing his experiences in prison leading all the way up to his actual execution in the Place de Grève. Behold this thinking, feeling fellow creature, he says. Remember he is a father, husband, and son. Forget for a moment what he has done – what are you about to do?
In the form of another convict he meets, Hugo shows how a man may have come to be a killer – orphaned, with a rough childhood, and once out of prison for theft and honestly trying to turn over a new leaf, shunned and denied work. Doesn’t this touch your heart of hearts, he seems to say, and shouldn’t we follow our most enlightened spiritual leaders in exercising clemency, and not become killers ourseves? You can hear those for the death penalty howl – remember the victims, *their* humanity, how they suffered! – and just where is “The Last Day of the Murdered Man” anyway?
And so it goes. This book is pretty simple, and I doubt it will change minds that are entrenched. It does reveal Hugo’s noble nature, which I admire, and it did make me think, and for that it was worth reading. Interestingly enough, after having used the guillotine for the last time in 1977(!), France ultimately did abolish the death penalty in 1981, nearly a century after Hugo’s death in 1885. show less
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