Victor Hugo
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Une édition de référence de Quatre-vingt-treize de Victor Hugo, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Robespierre était rapide dans ses choix ; qualité d'homme d'État. Il prit dans le dossier qui était devant lui une feuille de papier blanc sur laquelle on lisait cet en-tête imprimé : RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, UNE ET INDIVISIBLE. COMITÉ DE SALUT PUBLIC. » (Chapitre III, Livre II, Partie I)
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Victor Hugo's documentary historical novel is an impassioned chronicle of the December 1852 coup d'etat in France engineered by the French President, who called himself "Louis Napoleon." "History of a Crime: The Testimony of an Eye-Witness" offers a fascinating insight into mid nineteenth-century French history and is highly recommended for those with an interest in the subject. Victor Marie Hugo (1802 – 1885) was a French novelist, dramatist, and...
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Troisième partie des oeuvres complètes de Victor Hugo.
Oeuvres complètes de Victor Hugo, partie 3. Avec les romans : L'archipel de la Manche, Les travailleurs de la mer, L'homme qui rit, Quatrevingt-Treize.
Découvrez un recueil des oeuvres d'un des plus grands écrivains de langue française.
EXTRAIT DE L'archipel de la Manche
L'Atlantique ronge nos ctes. La pression du courant du ple déforme notre falaise ouest. La muraille que nous avons...
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Une édition de référence des Misérables (II - Cosette) de Victor Hugo, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Vers cette époque donc, il y avait dans le couvent une personne mystérieuse qui n'était pas religieuse, qu'on traitait avec grand respect, et qu'on nommait madame Albertine. On ne savait rien d'elle sinon qu'elle était folle, et que dans le monde elle passait pour morte. Il y avait sous cette histoire,...
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Une édition de référence des Contemplations (Tome I - Autrefois) de Victor Hugo, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Debout, les bras croisés, le front levé, l'œil calme,
Il contemple, serein, l'idéal et le beau ;
Il rêve ; et , par moments, il secoue un flambeau
Qui, ses pieds, dans l'ombre, éblouissant la haine,
Claire tout à coup le fond de l'âme humaine ;
Ou, ministre, il prodigue et ses nuits...
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After eight years away, Jean Valjean and Cosette, living under new identities attract the attention of their former innkeepers who are seeking money and revenge. With the help of an idealistic young man, the pair attempts to escape unscathed.
Despite their rough origins, Jean Valjean and Cosette have managed to create a peaceful life for themselves. Cosette has grown into a beautiful young woman and catches the eye of Marius. The two of them fall...
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Based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same name (penned when the author was only twenty-one), this macabre play begins in a morgue. The fearsome outlaw, Hans of Iceland, whose face has been seen by no one, determines to kill a regiment of Musketeers that he blames for the death of his son. His revenge intersects in a bloody way with the more conventional romantic plot of a young nobleman who loves the daughter of a political prisoner that the former...
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Victor-Marie Hugo was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the greatest French writers of all time.
His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende...
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After Fantine's death, her daughter Cosette remains at the inn where she endures frequent abuse from the owners before the unexpected arrival of Jean Valjean. The duo unites and work to create a better life for themselves away from the city.
Following the events of Les Misérables Volume One: Fantine, Jean Valjean is once again on the wrong side of the law. After being sentenced to hard labor and eventually the death penalty, he barely escapes with...
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Un roman essentielle de Victor Hugo en numérique.
Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné est un roman à thèse de Victor Hugo publié en 1829 chez Charles Gosselin, qui constitue un plaidoyer politique pour l'abolition de la peine de mort.
Découvrez une oeuvre à thèse d'un des plus grands écrivains de langue française.
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Condamné à mort !
Voilà cinq semaines que j'habite avec cette pensée, toujours seul avec elle, toujours glacé de...
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"Napoleon the Little" is a fascinating biographical analysis of the life and deeds of Napoleon III written by Victor Hugo. Napoleon I's nephew imposed censorship and harsh repressive measures against his opponents, and many people – including Victor Hugo – went into voluntary exile. Hugo wrote this book as an attempt to awaken his fellow citizens to the dangers they faced under the tyranny of Napoleon III. It is a fascinating insight into the...
72) Marion de Lorme
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"Marion De Lorme" is a five-act play written by Victor Hugo in 1828 about a well-known French courtesan of the same name, who was famous for her relationships with important contemporary figures. Delorme's later life has seemingly been imbued with significant legend, having died in 1650 but being often claimed to have lived until as late as 1741 and to have had a litany of wonderful adventures around the world. "Marion De Lorme" is highly recommended...
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Le premier roman de Victor Hugo en numérique.
Bug-Jargal est le premier roman de Victor Hugo.
Découvrez la première oeuvre d'un des plus grands écrivains de langue française.
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En 1818, l'auteur de ce livre avait seize ans ; il paria qu'il écrirait un volume en quinze jours. Il fit Bug-Jargal. Seize ans, c'est l'âge o l'on parie pour tout et o l'on improvise sur tout.
Ce livre a donc été écrit deux ans avant Han d'Islande. Et...
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Un court roman de Victor Hugo en numérique.
Claude Gueux est un court roman de Victor Hugo paru en 1834 et dénonçant les conditions de détention au xixe siècle, la disproportion des délits et des peines à cette même époque, ainsi que la peine de mort. L'histoire est en partie fondée sur des faits de sa connaissance.
Découvrez une oeuvre méconnue d'un des plus grands écrivains de langue française.
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Il y a sept ou huit ans,...
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Un roman philosophique de Victor Hugo en numérique.
L'Homme qui rit est un roman philosophique de Victor Hugo publié en avril 1869 dont l'action se déroule dans l'Angleterre de la fin du xviie et du début du xviiie siècle. Il est notamment célèbre pour la figure mutilée dans un rire permanent de son héros éponyme qui a fortement inspiré le monde littéraire et cinématographique.
Découvrez une oeuvre philospohique d'un des plus grands...
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Em plena Idade Média, à sombra da catedral parisiense, a bela bailarina Esmeralda desperta paixões. Mendigos e vadios, o poeta Gringoire e o capitão dos guardas Febo rodeiam-na e admiram-na, e o temível arquidiácono Cláudio Frollo é levado ao crime. Suspeita e votada ao suplício, Esmeralda é salva pelo sineiro de Nossa Senhora de Paris, Quasímodo, que a protegerá e adorará ate que a morte os una.
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The Memoirs of Victor Hugo (1899) is an autobiographical work by Victor Hugo. Assembled from diaries and manuscripts left behind by the author following his death in 1895, the Memoirs are as much a record of a life as they are a portrait of nineteenth century France. Told from the perspective of a supremely gifted artist whose command of language is matched only by his commitment to morality, The Memoirs of Victor Hugo is an invaluable text for scholars...
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First published in 1829 at the beginning of Victor Hugo's literary career, "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" is one of the author's first mature works of fiction. It recounts the thoughts of a condemned man as the day of his execution draws near. Inspired by the sight of an executioner preparing the guillotine for another scheduled public execution, Hugo quickly wrote this moving and eloquent work describing the condemned man's final thoughts as he...
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The History of a Crime (1877) is a book-length essay by Victor Hugo. While Hugo is famous today for his status as a leading French poet and novelist of the nineteenth century, he was also a gifted historian and memoirist who served on the National Assembly of the Second Republic. Following the coup d'état of Napoleon III in 1851, Hugo was among the insurrectionists who revolted against military forces on the streets of Paris. Despite their efforts,...
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The Man Who Laughs (1869) is a novel by Victor Hugo. Written while Hugo was living in exile on the island of Guernsey, The Man Who Laughs is set between the 17th and 18th centuries in England, a time of political unrest and class conflict in which he identified parallels to France of the 19th century. Although the novel was largely panned at the time, it has since been recognized as one of Hugo's greatest works. The Man Who Laughs has inspired over...