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Ruling expected today in Victor Hugo case.(Brief article)

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Date: 20070130
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A contemporary sequel to Les Miserables by Victor Hugo could be banned by France's highest court of appeal today (30 January).

According to The Daily Telegraph, court proceedings commenced in 2001 after the release of a book by Francois Ceresa entitled Cosette ou le Temps des Illusions (Cosette or the Time of Illusions).

Hugo's great-great-grandson, Pierre Hugo, alleges that Ceresa's novel violates the "respect of the integrity" of the original 1862 work.

The case was previously dismissed by judges but in 2004 an ...

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