Victor Hugo and His Times
- ISBN-10
- 089875478X
- ISBN-13
- 9780898754780
- Category
- Authors, French
- Pages
- 484
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-07
- Publisher
- The Minerva Group, Inc.
- Author
- Alfred Barbou
Description
Alfred Barbou was himself a famous writer at that time as well as an intimate friend of Victor Hugo. This book was approved by Victor Hugo and his wife, was translated into several languages, and is generally considered to be the best life of Victor Hugo. The book was published just before the death of Victor Hugo, and is here presented in its original form, with a chapter upon the closing years and death of Victor Hugo having been added by the editor to bring the narrative to completion.
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