Fantine

by Victor Hugo

Overview

Fantine est née à Montreuil-sur-Mer, mais on ne connaît rien de ses parents ni de son enfance et elle n'a d'ailleurs pas de patronyme, anomalie due au fait d'être née en 1796 à l'époque troublée du Directoire. À 10 ans, elle va travailler dans une ferme des environs de Montreuil. En 1811, elle s'en va chercher fortune à Paris. Victor Hugo dresse alors son portrait : Fantine, c'était la joie. Ses dents splendides avaient évidemment reçu de Dieu une fonction, le rire. [...] Ses épais cheveux blonds, enclins à flotter et facilement dénoués et qu'il fallait rattacher sans cesse, semblaient faits pour la fuite de Galatée sous les saules.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781979953573
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/22/2017
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.78(d)
Language:	French

About the Author

Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the acclaimed novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831 (known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). He also produced more than 4,000 drawings, which have since been admired for their beauty, and earned widespread respect as a campaigner for social causes such as the abolition of the death penalty.

Date of Birth:

February 26, 1802

Date of Death:

May 22, 1885

Place of Birth:

Besançon, France

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

Pension Cordier, Paris, 1815-18