Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Victor Hugo

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Victor Hugo by Victor HugoAuthor: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885,Language: English, Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Release Date: Aug 15, 2018

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This file is a Project Gutenberg index of works by the French author Victor Hugo. It is a catalog rather than the works themselves. Hugo wrote poetry, novels, and drama, and his works circulate widely in the public domain. This index lists the English translations already available on Project Gutenberg, so readers can quickly locate free electronic versions of works such as Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. Its practical value exceeds its reading value: it saves the time of searching the library entry by entry and makes it easy to check text numbers and version information. Since the content is merely a list of entries without continuous narrative, it is not suitable for reading as a book. For researchers, it is a low-cost entry point to the literature; for ordinary readers, it is more like a reading list and must be used together with the actual texts.

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About the author

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 Author

Hugo, Victor (1802–1885) was a French author renowned for his novels and poetry. The collection holds 54 of his works, including volumes of Les Misérables (such as Jean Valjean and Fantine), Notre-Dame de Paris, and Quatrevingt-Treize. These works center on poverty, justice, revolution, and redemption, weaving the fate of individuals tightly into social reality. His narratives are grand and emotionally rich, combining romantic sweep with deep concern for the poor and marginalized. Classified under inspirational growth, his characters' struggles amid hardship still speak to readers today. Public information is limited; this note describes only the themes and style suggested by the works in the collection.