Hugo: The Legendary Life of a Literary Master (Color Illustrations Edition)

Author: Xue Gang
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: For over a century, the French people and people around the world have been remembering a great literary pioneer—Victor Hugo. This world-renowned literary master wrote tirelessly throughout his life, creating over seventy works such as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, adding a magnificent cultural heritage to French and world literature. Notre-Dame de Paris became even more famous thanks to his works. 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 Summer Palace, he wrote a famous protest letter with great indignation: "One day, two robbers entered the Summer Palace. One robbed, and the other set fire. Before history, one will be called France, and the other will be called England."