Victor Hugo (Censorship (Ready Reference series))

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Although he became a virtual cultural icon in France during the early years of the Third Republic (1871-1885) due primarily to the fame of such novels as Les Miserables (1862), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831), and The Toilers of the Sea (1865), Hugo suffered for his political views earlier in his career. He began his political life as a peer under the monarchy of Louis Philippe, but transferred his support to the republicans during 1848 and was elected as a deputy to the constituent assembly that was created shortly after the...

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