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Victor Hugo

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  Victor Hugo was a poet, a master of satire, and a playwright, among other things. His most famous works are listed below. If the title of the work is in blue, you can actually link to a page where the work is published online. Happy reading!

Title of Work:

Year Published:

Other Information:

Odes et Poésies Diverses (Miscellaneous Odes and Verses)

1822

First book of poetry to be published

Han d'Islande (Han of Iceland)

1823

First novel to be published

Bug-Jargal

1824

Odes et ballades (Odes and Ballads)

1826

Cromwell

1827

historical drama

Les Orientales

1829

Marion de Lorme

1829

based on the life of a 17th-century French courtesan; banned by censors

Hernani

1830

poetic drama

Les feuilles d'automne (Autumn Leaves)

1831

Notre-Dame De Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

1831

one of Hugo's most popular works, set in 15th century France

Le roi s'amuse (The King Amuses Himself)

1832

Lucrèce Borgia

1833

Claude Gueux

1834

Les chants du crépuscule (Songs of Twilight)

1835

lyric poetry

Les voix intérieures (Inner Voices)

1837

lyric poetry

Ruy Blas

1838

lyric poetry

Les rayons et les ombres (Sunbeams and Shadows)

1840

Les burgraves (The Governors)

1842

Napoléon le petit (The Little Napoleon)

1852

Les châtiments (Punishments)

1853

Les contemplations

1856

La légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages)

1859-83

published in several different volumes

Les Misérables

1862

Hugo's longest and most well known novel

Ninety-Three

1874

L'art d'être grand-père (The Art of Being a Grandfather)

1877

Hugo's poems about his family life


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