Victor Hugo and His Time Classic Reprint
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
- Softcover
- New

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- Title
- Victor Hugo and His Time Classic Reprint
- Author
- Alfred Barbou
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1333302932
- ISBN 13
- 9781333302931
- Item weight
- 451 grams
Explore Victor Hugo and the era that shaped a nation.
This concise portrait highlights Hugo’s creative ambit—from his ambitious Notre Dame de Paris to the crowd-pleasing Festival of 1881 that crowned him as a national symbol. Learn how his imagination, scholarship, and public life intertwined to redefine French literature and culture.
Drawing on biography and critical reception, the book shows Hugo as both a meticulous historian and a master of grand storytelling. It reveals how he fused archaeology, philosophy, and vivid character sketches to illuminate the Middle Ages, while also shaping modern drama and poetry. The narrative also touches on the fierce debates among Savants and the critics who helped frame his legacy.
The excerpt also recounts a momentous public tribute: a massive procession, speeches by government and literary figures, and a city-wide celebration that underscored Hugo’s influence on Paris, France, and the world. It captures the mood of a nation honoring a writer whose work bridged art, politics, and national memory.
- Learn Hugo’s approach to Notre Dame de Paris, its historical compass, and its imaginative scope.
- See how critics and peers evaluated his work and helped shape his lasting reputation.
- Discover how a literary life intersected with public ceremony and national pride.
- Understand the tension between architecture as art and literature as social force in Hugo’s time.
Ideal for readers of literary biography and those curious about 19th-century Paris and its most influential writer.
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