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Description Features: * 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 two plays in English, including CROMWELL, Hugo’s first drama, with its legendary PREFACE – the first Romantic manifesto Victor Hugo, the greatest Romantic writer of them all, is finally available in Delphi’s bestselling range of titles. This monumental eBook offers readers the most complete collection ever compiled of Hugo’s FICTIONAL works in English translation, with many bonus texts. Please note: a complete works of Victor Hugo in English is not possible due to copyright restrictions, scarce translations and some works having never been translated. However, we do ensure our readers that every possible major text is included, with many novels and other texts appearing here for the first time on the Kindle. To compensate for the missing poetry and plays, original French texts have been provided in their place. As soon as new translations become available, they will be added as free updates for customers who have already purchased this eBook. 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 Sharing Widget |