The Memoirs of Victor Hugo

by Victor Hugo, United Holdings Group (Created by)

Overview

The Memoirs of Victor Hugo are the classic memoirs of Victor Hugo, first published in 1899. The life of a period, the XIX Century, is bound up in the life of a man, Victor Hugo. This is not a diary of events arranged in chronological order, nor is it a continuous autobiography. It is less and it is more, or rather, it is better than these. It is a sort of haphazard chronique in which only striking incidents and occurrences are brought out, and lengthy and wearisome details are avoided.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013755680
Publisher:	United Holdings Group
Publication date:	01/11/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	318 KB

About the Author

"If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away," the larger-than-life Victor Hugo once confessed. Indeed, this 19th-century French author's books — from the epic drama Les Misérables to the classic unrequited love story The Hunchback of Notre Dame — have spanned the ages, their themes of morality and redemption as applicable to our times as to his.

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