Novelist, poet and dramatist, best known in the UK for Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, 1831. As an outspoken republican he lived outside France for 15 years, first in Belgium, then Jersey, then Guernsey, returning in 1870 when Napoleon III fell from power.
The photo shows Hugo looking wistful in Jersey.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Victor Hugo
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