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
The quotation from Hugo is very well-chosen. He was exiled from France for 15...
See Dick Whittington. The picture is the charming logo adopted by the Whittington Hospital on Highgate Hill.
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, Staffordshire. Left home and travelled to London with David Garrick. "When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; f...
Born Dunmanway, near Cork, Ireland. Politician and writer. He wrote or co-wrote more than 50 novels including ‘Miss Misanthrope’ and ‘Donna Quixote’. Member of parliament from 1886 to 1900. Died Lo...
Literary critic. Born Peckham. Husband of Katherine Mansfield and on her death married a woman who strongly resembled her and also died of tuberculosis. His 3rd marriage was a disaster but he ...
Born Tavistock, Devon. Née Rundle, married Andrew Charles. Wrote and translated hymns. Author of "Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family". Died Hampstead. In addition to her Wikipedia page and o...
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