Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

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VICTOR MARIE HUGO was born in Basancon, February 26, 1802. His father was a military officer, hence in childhood Victor was not settled in any one locality, but was carried to Elba, Corsica, Switzerland, and Italy. In his seventh year he was taken to Paris, where his mother and an old priest superintended his education, and where he commenced his classical studies in company with an elder brother, Eugene, and a young girl who afterward became his wife. In 1811, his father having been made .. Continue..

Some of Victor Hugo Poems

A Sunset

Boaz Asleep

Letter

More Strong Than Time

The Genesis of the Butterfly

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	A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

- Victor Hugo

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