| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 542 pages). |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiv-xxvii). |
| Summary |
Here, for the first time in English, all aspects of Hugo's work are represented in a single volume. Famous scenes from Notre-Dame, Les Miserables, and The Toilers of the Sea are included, as well as excerpts from Hugo's intimate diaries, poems of love and loss, and scathing denunciations of the political establishment. The poems appear in bilingual form, and much of the material is appearing in English for the first time. - ;'To the English, I am "shocking" ... What's more, French, which is disgus. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Introduction; Note on the Text and Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Victor Hugo; THE ESSENTIAL VICTOR HUGO: BEFORE THE EXILE I: 1824-1843; BEFORE THE EXILE II: 1843-1851; DURING THE EXILE: 1851-1870; AFTER THE EXILE I: 1870-1878; AFTER THE EXILE II: 1878-1885; Appendix: The Structure of the Contemplations, The Legend of the Ages, and God; Explanatory Notes. |
| Subject |
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 -- Translations into English.
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Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
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Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. (OCoLC)fst00040981
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Blackmore, E. H.
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Blackmore, A. M.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. English. 2004
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Selections. English. 2004. Essential Victor Hugo. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2004044092 |
| ISBN |
9780191516757 (electronic bk.) |
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0191516759 (electronic bk.) |
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