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390 Victor Hugo

The History of Literature

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Hugo's Life and Work - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Itz hugo at his best and also his most. Hugo like we need to help men, women and children who are kept in poverty, in squalor, in misery, in hunger. These are the themes that run through hugo's personal life. He hated poverty and slavery and capital punishment. His fame as a novelist increased with the publication of what he called notre dame of paris,. Notre dome of paris, aguess of paris. The book was a sensation. It changed the way parisians viewed architecture by ushering in a revived appreciation for pre renaissance buildings and art.

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