Victor Hugo
His novel, Les Misérables
● It has been adapted for theatre and cinema.
● We know more about its overall
than about its author.
His early career
● In Paris, his career was successful and he led the Romantic movement.
● He spoke publicly about social issues, such as
and education.
● Napoleon III disliked his views and exiled him.
His exile from France
● Victor Hugo had to live elsewhere in
● He used his income from the sale of some
he had written to buy a house on Guernsey.
His house on Guernsey
● Victor Hugo lived in this house until the end of the Empire in France.
● The ground floor contains portraits,
and tapestries that he valued.
● He bought cheap
made of wood and turned this into beautiful wall carvings.
● The first floor consists of furnished areas with wallpaper and
that have a Chinese design.
● The library still contains many of his favourite books.
● He wrote in a room at the top of the house that had a view of the
.
● He entertained other writers as well as poor
in his house.
● Victor Hugo’s
gave ownership of the house to the city of Paris in 1927.