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From: Reforma (México D.F., México)
Date: 20020310
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Byline: Alfonso Reyes
Victor Hugo: Bicentenario de su Natalicio, 1802-2002
Victor Hugo tenía muchas habilidades. Fue buen dibujante y fue ebanista dotado del genio inventivo. De viejo, divertía a sus nietos abriendo unas fauces de ogro y metiéndose en la boca una naranja entera, que luego devoraba tranquilamente. Cuando escogió el destierro de Jersey, puede decirse que se pasó a la isla con armas y bagajes: llevó consigo a su legítima, Adela, y a su "mano izquierda", Juliette Drouet, a quien instaló en casa separada.
"¿Qué piensas hacer?", preguntó a su ...
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