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Victor Hugo (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
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Victor Hugo dominates nineteenth century literature in France both by the length of his writing career and by the diversity of his work. Indeed, it is difficult to think of a literary form he did not employ. Lyric, satiric, and epic poetry; drama in verse and prose; political polemic and social criticism—all are found in his oeuvre. His early plays and poetry made him a leader of the Romantic movement. His political writing includes the publication of a newspaper, L’Événement, in 1851, which contributed to his exile from the Second Empire....
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