Victor Marie-Hugo Lynn Moon Block G

Victor-Marie Hugo was a poet, novelist, dramatist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, playwright, essayist, leading French literary figure of the 19th century, and an important part of French Romanticism. He was both intellectual and popular. He was also known for his political beliefs, and in the later years of his life, Hugo expressed his commitment to the liberty and republican ideals. Introduction

Les Misérables (1862) setting (time): 1789–1832 setting (place): France Protagonist:  Jean Valjean  Themes: the importance of love and compassion; social injustice in nineteenth-century France; the long-term effects of the French Revolution on French society  Jean Valjean has been imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. Though this criminal reforms after his release from prison, becoming a successful industrialist and mayor of a northern town, he is stalked by the detective Javert for his former crime. Ultimately, Jean Valjean sacrifices himself for the sake of his adopted daughter and her husband. Les Misérables (1862)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Setting (time): 1482 Setting (place): Paris Protagonist: Quasimodo Themes: loyalty, love, cultural evolution, human initiative vs. fate, determinism, social strife, revolution Everyone is disgusted by Quasimodo, the hunchback. Despite his hideousness, he still has a soft heart and falls in love with Esmeralda. The book is about his love for her and how it ends up. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Biography- The Beginning Hugo was born in Besançon, France on February 26, 1802. He was the third son of Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo and Sophie Trébuchet Hugo. After the separation of his parents, he was raised and educated in Paris by his mother, where the family settled when Hugo was two. From 1815 to 1818 Hugo attended the Lycée Louis-le Grand in Paris. He began in early adolescence to write verse tragedies and poetry, and translated Virgil. Hugo’s first collection of poems, Odes Et Poesies Diverses, gained him a royal income from Louis XVIII. Biography- The Beginning

In 1822 Hugo married Adèle Foucher who was the daughter of an officer at the ministry of war. Also had a relationship with Juliette Drouet During the middle of his life, he wrote several books and volumes of poems. Later on, he became involved in politics. After three unsuccessful attempts, Hugo was finally elected to the Academie Francaise in 1841. The Middle

In 1851, Hugo believed his life to be in danger In 1851, Hugo believed his life to be in danger. He fled to Brussels and then to Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel. Hugo's partly voluntary exile lasted 20 years. Hugo returned to France after the political upheaval in France and the proclamation of the Third RepublicAfter a short time of living as a refuge in Luxemburg, he returned to Paris and was elected senator. Hugo died in Paris on May 22, 1885. He was given a national funeral, attended by two million people, and buried in the Panthéon. The End

Timeline of His Life 1802: Born on February 26 in Besançon, France 1822: Marries Adèle Foucher on October 12 1822: Publication of his first book Odes et Poesies Diverses 1833: Meets Juliette Drouet, an actress who becomes his mistress 1841: Election to the Académie Francaise 1843: Death of his daughter Léopoldine by drowning 1845: Becomes Peer of France 1849: Breaks with Napoléon III 1851: Coup d'état by Napoléon III on December 2, flees to Brussels 1852-1855: Exile in Jersey 1853: Publication of Les Châtiments 1855-1870: Exile in Guernsey 1859: General amnesty, his exile is a personal choice 1870: Returns to France 1871: Election to the National Assembly 1878: Suffers a mild stroke1885: Dies on May 22, is burried at the Panthéon Timeline of His Life

His Other Works Odes (1822) Han d'Islande (Hans of Iceland) in 1823 Bug-Jargal (The Slave King) in 1826 Cromwell (1827) Marion de Lorme (1828) Les Orientales (The Orientals, 1829) Hernani (1830) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) Les Chatimets (1853) Les Misérables (1862) SO MUCH MORE! His Other Works

Style & Philosophy He believed in republicanism. His rationalism can be found in some of his poems. Hypocrisy in Church Supported freedom in education and universal male suffrage pioneer of the Romantic movement, which stressed the individual experience of imagination and emotions. Poetic Style & Philosophy

Style & Philosophy Continued One of his major goals in The Hunchback of Notre Dame was to prove that French history offered a rich variety of subjects to represent Romantic ideals and themes. Believed in European integration Hugo uses Valjean in Les Miserables to depict his own ideas about France's political state Style & Philosophy Continued

Victor Hugo is said to have been greatly influential and the first to reach the masses with a work of serious fiction. Although Hugo was not a musician, it is said that his works have inspired composers. Hugo won the public over to the genre of historical romance. Hugo was a leader of Romanticism and influenced many of the people who would imitate Romantic ideals. Impact

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