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He began a novel called "Les Miseres" as early as 1840; it was finished in 1861 with a different title |
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FRENCH LITERATURE |
2008-12-25 |
#5594 |
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Before "Les Miserables", he attacked the French penal system in the novel "Claude Gueux" |
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LITERATURE |
2001-02-05 |
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"Les chatiments" is a group of satirical poems attacking Napoleon III by this creator of Quasimodo |
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LITERATURE |
2000-07-05 |
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This Frenchman's mistress lived near Hauteville House , his home on Guernsey, making him less "miserable" |
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A TRIP TO LITERARY BRITAIN |
1998-01-26 |
#3091 |
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Liszt's symphonic poem "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne" is based on a poem by this "Les Miz" author |
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MUSIC & LITERATURE |
1996-02-15 |
#2644 |
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Poet A. Vacquerie said of this author, "The towers of Notre Dame formed the H of his name" |
Victor Hugo
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FRENCH LITERATURE |
1991-09-19 |
#1619 |
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He fled Louis Napoleon's France & wrote most of "Les Miserables" on the Channel Islands |
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LITERARY BRITAIN |
1991-04-10 |
#1533 |
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Feeling miserable after his daughter drowned, he wrote, "Les Miserables" |
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LITERATURE |
1987-10-07 |
#708 |