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HUGO, VICTOR-MARIE (1802-1885)

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From: Young Students Learning Library
Date: 19960101
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Victor Hugo was a French writer, best known for his novels Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hugo was born in Besançon, France. He was a brilliant child and won prizes for his poetry before he was 20 years old. His later work included poems, plays written in verse, and historical novels.

Hugo was involved in politics throughout his life, and he had to flee France in 1851 after taking part in a rebellion against Louis Napoleon. He went to live on Guernsey, an island in the English Channel, in 1855. By 1862, Hugo's writings had won him worldwide ...

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