Victor Hugo

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Victor Hugo

• Bob Ponterio

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Hugo's Life

• Victor Hugo was a prolific writer who is well
  known today for his many major French novels,
  plays, and poems.
• He was the leader of the movement of French
  Romanticism.
• He also played an important role in French
  politics and had to live part of his life in
  exile.

• Hugo returned to France from exile in 1970 and
  was welcomed as a national hero and treasure.
• His 79th birthday was celebrated with a parade
  lasting six hours. It passed before his home
  where he watched from his window.
• When he died at the age of 83, the entire country
  went into mourning.

Victor Hugo grew up during the reign of Napoleon
(until Waterloo in 1815) and later during the
Restoration of the French monarchy (Louis XVIII
Charles X).

• Born 1802
• Wrote
• Died 1885

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Literary works

• Cromwell (1827)
• Hernani (1830)
• Notre-Dame de Paris (1831)
• Les châtiments (1853)
• Ruy Blas (1838)
• Les contemplations (1856)
• Les misérables (1862)

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