Victor Hugo

Hugo viene nominato Pari di Francia dal re Luigi Filippo d'Orl ans. Nel 1848 entra a far parte come deputato dell'Assemblea Costituente, ma il colpo di stato che nel 1851 porta al potere Napoleone III segna l'inizio del suo declino politico: dapprima Hugo appoggia l'elezione del giovane Luigi Napoleone Bonaparte alle presidenziali, poi quando il nuovo presidente, futuro imperatore, inizia a prendere provvedimenti anti liberali quali l'abrogazione della legge elettorale del 1850, riducendo di un terzo gli aventi diritto al voto ne prende le distanze; inutile sar il tentativo del Comitato di resistenza repubblicana, di cui fa parte insieme a Schoelcher, per sollevare la popolazione parigina: a Hugo, strenuo difensore di un regime liberale, non resta che attaccarlo con scritti e discorsi contro la miseria e le repressioni, che diventavano nel frattempo sempre pi intolleranti.

Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. Norman Denny's lively English translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing Hugo's political and artistic aims in writing Les Misérables. Victor Hugo (1802-85) wrote volumes of criticism, dramas, satirical verse and political journalism but is best remembered for his novels, especially Notre-Dame de Paris (also known as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) and Les Misérables, which was adapted into one of the most successful musicals of all time. 'All human life is here'Cameron Mackintosh, producer of the musical Les Misérables'One of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world'Upton Sinclair'A great writer - inventive, witty, sly, innovatory' A. S. Byatt, author of Possession

A favourite of readers for nearly 150 years, this stirring tale of crime, punishment, justice and redemption pulses with life. Hugo's epic novel sweeps readers from the French provinces to the back alleys of Paris, and from the battlefield of Waterloo to the bloody ramparts of Paris during the uprising of 1832.

Victor Hugo, in full Victor Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most well-known of all the French Romantic 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 L gende des si cles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Mis rables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831, (also known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). -wikipedia

Victor Hugo, in full Victor Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most well-known of all the French Romantic 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 L gende des si cles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Mis rables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831, (also known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). -wikipedia

Victor Hugo, in full Victor Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most well-known of all the French Romantic 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 L gende des si cles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Mis rables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831, (also known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). -wikipedia

Victor Hugo, in full Victor Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most well-known of all the French Romantic 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 L gende des si cles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Mis rables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831, (also known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). -wikipedia

Victor Hugo, in full Victor Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most well-known of all the French Romantic 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 L gende des si cles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Mis rables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831, (also known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). -wikipedia

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