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| − | Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) is considered the greatest Romanticist poet. A prolific writer, he penned the classics ''Cromwell'' (1827), ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1831) and ''Les Miserables'' (1862). | + | Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) is considered the greatest Romanticist poet.{{fact}} A prolific writer, he penned the classics ''Cromwell'' (1827), ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1831) and ''Les Miserables'' (1862). |
Christianity animated his work. In his Preface to ''Cromwell'', Hugo wrote: | Christianity animated his work. In his Preface to ''Cromwell'', Hugo wrote: | ||
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Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) is considered the greatest Romanticist poet.[Citation Needed] A prolific writer, he penned the classics Cromwell (1827), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Miserables (1862).
Christianity animated his work. In his Preface to Cromwell, Hugo wrote:
- Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The Bible, Homer, Shakespeare ... The Bible before the Iliad, the Iliad before Shakespeare.
In Les Miserables, Hugo wrote (Book 5, Chapter 4):
- God is behind everything, but everything hides God.
Both Hunchback and Les Miserables have been made into movies.