Essential Novelists - Victor Hugo : master of french romanticism

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For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Vitor Hugo which are Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris/The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Victor Hugo was born on February 26, 1802, in Besançon, France. After training as a lawyer, Hugo embarked on the literary career. He became one of the most important French Romantic poets, novelists and dramatists of his time, having assembled a massive body of work while living in Paris, Brussels and the Channel Islands. Hugo died on May 22, 1885, in Paris.

Novels selected for this book:

- Les Misérables

- Notre-Dame de Paris/The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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  4. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 5 (Ungekürzt)

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  5. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 2 (Ungekürzt)

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  6. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 7 (Ungekürzt)

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  7. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 3 (Ungekürzt)

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  8. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 11 (Ungekürzt)

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  9. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 8 (Ungekürzt)

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  10. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 9 (Ungekürzt)

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  11. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 6 (Ungekürzt)

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  12. Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 1 (Ungekürzt)

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