Victor Hugo

His novel, Les Misérables

●   It has been adapted for theatre and cinema.

●   We know more about its overall  than about its author.

His early career

●   In Paris, his career was successful and he led the Romantic movement.

●   He spoke publicly about social issues, such as  and education.

●   Napoleon III disliked his views and exiled him.

His exile from France

●   Victor Hugo had to live elsewhere in 

●   He used his income from the sale of some  he had written to buy a house on Guernsey.

His house on Guernsey

●   Victor Hugo lived in this house until the end of the Empire in France.

●   The ground floor contains portraits,  and tapestries that he valued.

●   He bought cheap  made of wood and turned this into beautiful wall carvings.

●   The first floor consists of furnished areas with wallpaper and  that have a Chinese design.

●   The library still contains many of his favourite books.

●   He wrote in a room at the top of the house that had a view of the  .

●   He entertained other writers as well as poor  in his house.

●   Victor Hugo's  gave ownership of the house to the city of Paris in 1927.