Name: Les contemplations (in French)
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Author: Victor Hugo

Type

Physical Book

Author

Victor Hugo

Publisher

Createspace

Language

French

Pages

490

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x2.5 cm

Weight

0.65 kg.

ISBN13

9781975666071

Synopsis "Les contemplations (in French)"

Les Contemplations est un recueil de poemes, ecrit par Victor Hugo, publie en 1856. Il est compose de 158 poemes rassembles en six livres. La plupart de ces poemes ont ete ecrits entre 1841 et 1855, mais les poemes les plus anciens de ce recueil datent de 1830. Les Contemplations est un recueil du souvenir, de l'amour, de la joie mais aussi de la mort, du deuil et meme d'une certaine foi mystique. Le souvenir, surtout, y prend une place preponderante, puisque Hugo y experimente le genre de l'autobiographie versifiee. Ce recueil est egalement un hommage a sa fille Leopoldine Hugo, morte noyee dans la Seine

Victor Hugo

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Victor Marie Hugo (Besançon, France, 1802 - 1885) was a writer, poet, playwright, and French politician, a central figure of Romanticism and one of the most influential literary voices of the 19th century. His work includes emblematic novels such as Les Misérables (1862), which denounces social injustice in 19th century France, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), which powerfully portrays life in medieval Paris. In theater, he revolutionized the genre with plays like Hernani (1830) and Cromwell (1827), while his poetry, highlighted in collections such as Les Contemplations (1856) and The Legend of the Centuries (1859-1883), combines lyricism and social commitment

Exiled for about 20 years due to his opposition to the regime of Napoleon III, he produced many of his most significant works during this period, also expanding his political work as a deputy and senator after his return. He was recognized with membership in the French Academy and the Legion of Honor. His literary and political legacy remains a benchmark for social justice and artistic expression.

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