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There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoléon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing. - Victor Hugo Attribution: Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist. Trans. by William G. Allen. Le Journal de Victor Hugo, 1830-1848, entry from August, 1830, Gallimard (1954).

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Titles by Victor Hugo:

• Les Miserables
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Salem on History:

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Encyclopedia:

• Hugo, Victor (The Oxford Companion to English Literature)
• Hugo, Victor Marie (The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare)
• Hugo, Victor (The Oxford Dictionary of Art)

Salem on Literature:

• Victor Hugo (Magill Book Reviews)
• Victor Hugo (Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century)
• Victor Hugo (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Victor Hugo (Critical Survey of Poetry)
• Victor Hugo (Critical Survey of Drama)
• Victor Hugo (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
• Victor Hugo (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
• Victor Hugo (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

Literary Criticism:

• Hugo, Victor (Poetry Criticism)

Calendar of Literary Facts:

• Victor Hugo dies
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