Dictionnaire Victor Hugo

Cover of Dictionnaire Victor Hugo, featuring minimal serif font on a bold yellow background.
Dictionnaire Victor Hugo, edited by Claude Millet and David Charles, Garnier.

This dictionary is dedicated to the work of Victor Hugo, providing an in-depth introduction to a leading figure in French literature. It defines and contextualizes more than 150 terms that relate to Hugo’s works. This dictionary prompts the reader to get a sense of Hugo’s writing and thinking and is also a useful tool to study Hugo’s imagination and revolutionary use of language.

Stéphanie Boulard
Basque
Danse
Esmeralda
Gitan
H
Lanvin
Lautréamont
Quasimodo
Surréalisme

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Hugo by Étienne Carjat, 1876.