Victor Hugo

(Besançon, 1802/1885)

French poet and writer, member of the French Academy (1841).

A beautiful letter from Victor Hugo about Napoleon and his destiny

Inscribed and beautifully signed by Victor Hugo to Jules Janin

Victor Hugo against the death penalty: "We are in the right and in the just. Let us continue this great fight."

Hugo is considering a request to revive his theatre repertoire

Hugo triumphantly celebrates the talent of Delphine de Girardin

Victor Hugo's impassioned letter

Heartfelt congratulations from Victor Hugo

"You brought tears to my eyes." - Victor Hugo

Three lines from Victor Hugo for The Wet Forest

Working manuscript of Hermatyphlos, by Victor Hugo

Rare unpublished letter from Victor Hugo to Lamartine during his trip with Nodier

Victor Hugo prefers Historical Monuments to Playwrights

From Guernsey, Victor Hugo sent letter after letter, through his friend Émile Allix

Victor Hugo on Napoleon and the conquest of the world: "You are correcting the incomplete work of God"

Victor Hugo mentions the great success of Ruy Blas upon his return from exile

Beautiful letter from Victor Hugo addressed to the wife of the novelist Octave Feuillet

A beautiful letter from Victor Hugo regarding the publication of his Complete Works

Victor Hugo to imprisoned Thouret: "I still love you and I approve of you in everything."

A very long, 7-page letter from Victor Hugo requesting the release of his friend Antony Thouret

A famous maxim by Victor Hugo, about God and the poor

Victor Hugo's editorial advice to his friend Antony Thouret, imprisoned in Saint-Waast

Beautiful photograph of Victor Hugo taken in 1862, the day of the banquet for Les Misérables

A poignant letter from Victor Hugo the day after the death of his son Charles

Victor Hugo can barely write

Original ink drawing by Victor Hugo: "I am overwhelmed by a downpour of misfortunes!"

Victor Hugo publishes his masterpiece Notre-Dame de Paris

Victor Hugo invites his friend Achille Brindeau to his home in the Place Royale

A beautiful letter from Victor Hugo to Charles Ribeyrolles about Les Contemplations and the help he provides to exiles

Letter from Victor Hugo addressed to President De Belleyme

Long letter from Victor Hugo to Le Globe, concerning the new edition of Odes and Ballads

Victor Hugo, who put all his verses in Les Voix intérieures, awaits a new inspiration

Beautiful photographic portrait in a medallion of Victor Hugo, by Carjat, dedicated to Eugène Ritt

Autographed photographic portrait of Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo: "You have two strings to your lyre, poetry and religion."

Victor Hugo declared: "The true Republic is liberty, and it is beauty, it is triumphant [...]"

Victor Hugo applauded the verses of Edouard de Fleury

An invitation from Victor Hugo to his private secretary, Richard Lesclide

Victor Hugo preferred to remain in exile to support the fighters for justice, liberty, and the ideal

Victor Hugo knew he was both loved and hated, "two reasons to desire to live"

Large and magnificent working manuscript by Victor Hugo for "La Légende des siècles"

Victor Hugo confided to Lacretelle his profound faith in the future of civilization and of France

Victor Hugo, upon Larrey's death, evoked the "dazzling sun" of the Napoleonic era

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