Hugo

Author: Xue Gang (Editor-in-Chief) / Xiao Zhengyi (Author)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Here is introduced to you a giant in the history of literature. Whether it's his legendary life experiences or his outstanding achievements that reach the heavens, they will leave you deeply moved. Pick up the book and read it—perhaps it will change your lifelong pursuit! For over a hundred years, the French people and people around the world have been remembering a great literary pioneer—Victor Hugo. This world-renowned literary master never stopped writing throughout his life, creating over seventy works, including The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, and adding a glorious cultural heritage to French and world literature. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris became even more famous worldwide because of his works. What is even more admirable is that Hugo opposed violence throughout his life and had a strong "China complex." Upon learning that British and French invaders had set fire to the Old Summer Palace, he wrote a famous protest letter full of righteous indignation: "One day, two robbers entered the Old Summer Palace. One robbed, and the other set it on fire. Before history, one of these robbers will be called France, and the other will be called England."