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Victor Hugo Biography

Man is neither master of his life nor of his fate. He can but offer to his fellowmen his efforts to diminish human suffering; he can but offer to God his indomitable faith in the growth of liberty.

–Victor Hugo

Enjoy this account of Victor Hugo’s life, adapted from Elbert Hubbard’s collection of Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great—biographies as stories, combined with descriptions of his travels to visit each author’s home. Written in the late 19th century, this biography has some archaic language and sentiments.

Story of Victor Hugo

Journey to visit Guernsey, Hugo’s home in exile

The Panthéon, Hugo’s final resting place

Finally, the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica biography of Victor Hugo is an interesting example of hagiography, which is a “biography that idealizes its subject” (“Hagiography”).

Links to more Victor Hugo resources available on the EIL