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Victor Hugo

Author / Politician · French · 19th c.

France's national author and politician of the 19th century. He depicted poverty, injustice, and human dignity in Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. A republican who opposed Napoleon III's coup and spent 19 years in exile before returning as a national hero. He stands at the summit of French literary history.