Victor Hugo
Bob Ponterio
Hugo's Life
• Born 1802
• Wrote
• Died 1885
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writer
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from exile in 1970
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French
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Literary works
• Cromwell (1827)
• Hernani (1830)
• Notre-Dame de Paris
(1831)
• Les châtiments (1853)
• Ruy Blas (1838)
• Les contemplations
(1856)
• Les misérables (1862)
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