Juliette Drouet, born Julienne Josephine Gauvain (10 April 1806 - 11 May 1883) was a French actress. She abandoned her career on the stage after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo, to whom she acted as a secretary and travelling companion. Juliette accompanied Hugo in his exile to the Channel Islands, and wrote thousands of letters to him throughout her life.She wrote thousands of letters to him throughout her life, which testify to her writing talent according t...

In 'The Life and Work of Victor Hugo', readers are immersed in the literary genius of Victor Hugo, a prominent figure in French Romanticism. The book explores Hugo's famous works such as 'Les Misérables' and 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame', delving into his innovative storytelling techniques and profound themes of social justice, redemption, and the human spirit. This scholarly examination provides a comprehensive analysis of Hugo's impact on French literature and his enduring legacy in the ...

The Man Who Was Victor Hugo: Memoirs, Essays, Letters & Speeches gathers the public and private voices of one of nineteenth-century Europe's commanding literary figures. Through autobiographical fragments, critical reflections, correspondence, and oratory, the volume reveals Hugo not only as the author of Romantic monuments but as a stylist of immense rhetorical range: intimate, prophetic, combative, and elegiac. Set against the intellectual climate of French Romanticism, revolution, exile...