Victor Hugo by Graham Robb

Victor Hugo by Graham Robb

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A biography of Victor Hugo, discussing the man and his work. Hugo is the author of "Les Miserables" and the creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. He came to symbolize the revolution in French literature which overthrew the structures of classicism for the Romanticism of the late-19th century.

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Victor Hugo by Graham Robb

Graham Robb tells the complicated story of this colossal life with authority and sympathy. . . . Unquestionably, a magnificent biography.--Washington Square Press. of photos.
Graham Robb was born in Manchester in 1958 and is a former fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has published widely on French literature and history. His book The Discovery of France won both the Duff Cooper and Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prizes. For Parisians the City of Paris awarded him the Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris. He lives on the English-Scottish border.
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ISBN 13 9780330337076
ISBN 10 0330337076
Title Victor Hugo
Author Graham Robb
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1997-10-24
Number of pages 500
Prizes Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 1997, Winner of Whitbread Prize (Biography) 1997
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.