After Napoleon III seized power in 1851, French writer Victor Marie Hugo went into exile and in 1870 returned to France; his novels include
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1831) and
Les Misérables
(1862).
This poet, playwright, novelist, dramatist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, and perhaps the most influential, important exponent of the Romantic movement in France, campaigned for human rights. People in France regard him as one of greatest poets of that country and know him better abroad.
“الألم ثَمَرَة.. واللهُ لا يَضَعُ ثِمارًا عَلَى غُصْنٍ ضَعيفٍ لا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى حَمْلَها!”
“كثرة الإيضاح تُفسد روعة الفن”
“إنه يرقد، بالرغم من غرابة قدره.لقد عاش.... لكنه مات عندما فقد ملاكه....الأمر يحدث ببساطة، من تلقاء نفسه،مثلما يأتي الليل عندما يولي النهار....”
“لا قوة كقوة الضمير ولا مجد كمجد الذكاء”