New trail highlights places Victor Hugo visited

The Victor Hugo Centre has teamed up with local businesses to bring the trail to islanders.
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Quote of the day by Victor Hugo: "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose..."

Victor Hugo’s quote highlights the unstoppable nature of powerful ideas. It suggests that when the right moment arrives, no ...
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Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo at the Royal Academy is dark and brilliant

The Royal Academy’s latest exhibition, Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo offers a rare glimpse into the dark and moody world of the renowned writer best known for his novels The ...

Quote of the day by Victor Hugo: 'The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves' ; lessons ...

Victor Hugo's profound quote, "The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or ...
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Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo – a 'haunting' exhibition

Victor Hugo was "the French equivalent of Shakespeare and Dickens", said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian. We've all absorbed the myths he created – "Les Misérables", "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" – ...

French lawmakers pass bill to ease return of colonial-era looted artworks, echoing Victor Hugo's vision

French lawmakers in the National Assembly on Monday passed a bill to simplify the return of artworks and other prized ...