Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo, the brightest star of the Romantic Age, had a monumental impact on world literature, producing enduring classics such as LES MISÉRABLES and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. This comprehensive eBook offers Hugo’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 3)



* concise introductions to the novels and other works

* images of how the novels first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the original texts

* ALL 9 novels in English, each with contents tables

* some of the novels, including LES MISÉRABLES, are fully-illustrated with their original artwork

* includes BUG-JARGAL – Hugo’s first novel, which he wrote after a wager – first time in digital print!

* all novels are presented with their French versions – sample the true brilliance of Hugo’s original text, in between reading the English translations

* features a large sample of English translations of poetry

* the COMPLETE poetry in French

* includes four plays in French

* BONUS selection of six Non-Fiction texts

* boasts a special literary criticism section, with works by famous writers such as Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James, examining Hugo’s contribution to literature

* includes Hugo’s Memoirs – explore the great writer’s private notebooks!

* ALSO includes G. Barnett Smith’s famous biography – immerse yourself in Hugo’s literary life!

* packed full of images relating to Hugo’s life, works, places and film adaptations

* scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Hugo’s immense oeuvre

* UPDATED with improved structure, corrections and NCX toc (Kindle)



CONTENTS:



The Novels

BUG-JARGAL

HANS OF ICELAND

THE LAST DAY OF A CONDEMNED MAN

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME

CLAUDE GUEUX

LES MISÉRABLES

TOILERS OF THE SEA

THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

NINETY-THREE



The Novels in French



The Poetry

POEMS IN TRANSLATION

THE COMPLETE POEMS IN FRENCH



The Plays

CROMWELL

THE BURGRAVES

AND FOUR PLAYS IN FRENCH



Selected Non-Fiction

NAPOLEON THE LITTLE

EXTRACTS FROM HUGO’S ESSAY ON SHAKESPEARE

LETTER TO THE LONDON NEWS REGARDING JOHN BROWN

ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

EXTRACTS FROM SATIRISTS AND MORALISTS

THE HISTORY OF A CRIME



The Criticism

VICTOR HUGO BY JOHN COWPER POWYS

LETTER ON HUGO BY CHARLES DICKENS

VICTOR HUGO’S LAST NOVEL BY HENRY JAMES

THE LEGEND OF VICTOR HUGO BY PAUL LAFARGUE

VICTOR HUGO’S ROMANCES BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

TO VICTOR HUGO BY ALFRED TENNYSON



The Biographies

THE MEMOIRS OF VICTOR HUGO

VICTOR HUGO: HIS LIFE AND WORK BY G. BARNETT SMITH



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