Victor Hugo

Poet, novelist, playwright, draughtsman and committed politician, Victor Hugo left his mark on his century and remains one of the most widely read writers in the world. The exhibition traces his life and work.

Panel by panel:

• Childhood in Besançon in a military family
• An ambitious young poet: "To be Chateaubriand or nothing"
• Family life on the Place Royale, and personal tragedies
• Romantic theatre and the battle of Hernani
• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Claude Gueux and the committed novels
• The politician against the death penalty and poverty, and exile in Jersey and Guernsey
• Les Misérables, Les Contemplations and the final years

Audience: all ages, from 10. Ideal for: a literature project at middle or high school, a poetry festival, an event around Les Misérables.