Victor Hugo blends love, rage, and rebellion in eight unforgettable books that can channel revolution, romance, and raw ...

As Graham Robb writes in his biography of Hugo, the author’s initial due date for the manuscript was April 15, 1829—but he missed it. A year soon passed, during which a new deadline was ...

French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables, gives deep insights into human nature and society. The book, set ...

The Hammer Museum's exhibition of Victor Hugo's drawings will make one wonder why the 'Les Mis' author wasn't better known for his art. French poet and writer Victor Hugo, drawn by R. Boyden (1865 ...

The Drawings of Victor Hugo", at the Royal Academy of Arts, traces Hugo's passion for illustration, 140 years after his death. The exhibition's notes say that while the Romantic author and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In September 1843, Victor Hugo was on a sunlit walk while travelling with his mistress in the Pyrenees.

The Royal Academy’s latest exhibition, Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo offers a rare glimpse into the dark ...

French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The Hunchback ... The exhibition's notes say that while the Romantic author and politician came to be a leading public figure in France in the ...

Mushroom is one of some 70 works by the French author to go on display at the RA’s Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo, which Lea curated. ‘It's a long overdue exhibition. The last major ...

The 19th-century author of “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ... Still, Besançon has capitalized on those precious six weeks, naming Victor Hugo schools, a Victor Hugo square, erecting many ...