When the French writer Victor Hugo died in 1885, nearly 2 million people joined his funeral procession in Paris. The poet, novelist and dramatist had written some of the most revered books of all time ...

The literary and political genius was one of the most famous people to have lived in Guernsey while he was exiled from his homeland. Honoured by the French Academy for a poem he wrote and wins first ...

Considered the greatest and best known French writer of all times, Victor-Marie Hugo was born in Besancon, eastern France, on February 26, 1802. From an early age, he showed a commitment to raising ...

Constance Grady is a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox, where since 2016 she has covered books, publishing, gender, celebrity analysis, and theater. Victor Hugo, the subject of today’s ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Victor Hugo’s son Charles described the Guernsey home where the French author wrote Les Misérables as a ...