Overview
The last of Victor Hugo's novels. It
concerns the Revolt in the Vendée and Chouannerie—the
counter-revolutionary revolts in 1793 during the French Revolution. Its
theme is "man's loyalty to values." The novel is full of pregnant and
splendid sayings.
About Victor Hugo
Born: Feb. 26, 1802
Died: May 22, 1885
In full Victor Marie Hugo. He was a
novelist, poet, and dramatist, and one of the most important of French
Romantic writers.
Victor Hugo was born as the son of an
army general. He was raised and educated by his mother in Paris. After
training as a lawyer, Hugo embarked on a career in literature encouraged
by his mother. Though a committed royalist when he was young, afterwards
he turned into a passionate supporter of republicanism.
His best-known works are the novels
Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831.
