{"title":"Victor Hugo","description":"Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was the son of a high-ranking officer in Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army. A man of literature and politics, he participated in vast changes as France careened back and forth between empire and more democratic forms of government. As a young man in Paris, he became well-known and sometimes notorious for his poetry, fiction, and plays. In 1845, the year that he began writing his masterwork, Les Misérables,  the king made him a peer of France, with a seat in the upper legislative body. There he advocated universal free education, general suffrage, and the abolition of capital punishment. When an uprising in 1848 ushered in a republic, he stopped writing Les Misérables and concentrated on politics. But in 1851, when the president proclaimed himself emperor, Hugo's opposition forced him into a long exile on the British Channel Islands. There, in 1860, he resumed work on Les Misérables,  finishing it the next year. With the downfall of the emperor in 1870, Hugo returned to France, where he received a hero's welcome as a champion of democracy. At his death in 1885, two million people lined the streets of Paris as his coffin was borne to the Pantheon. There he was laid to rest with every honor the French nation could bestow.","products":[{"product_id":"les-miserables-paperback","title":"Les Misérables - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e is widely considered to be one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in France in 1862, \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly bishop changes his life. His righteous actions change people's lives in surprising ways and culminate in romance between two young people on the eve of the French Revolution. Featuring colorful sprayed edges and a heat-burnished cover with foil stamping, this edition of \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e is a stylish addition to your bookshelf.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101165588703,"sku":"9781667209739","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/pTMZY2QCy19781667209739.webp?v=1781068387"},{"product_id":"the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-paperback","title":"The Hunchback of Notre-Dame - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn emotionally stirring story, Victor Hugo's \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame\u003c\/i\u003e is rightfully considered to be one of the finest novels ever written. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the hideously deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo believes he is safe under the watchful eye of his master, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. 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But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101192392927,"sku":"9781454959786","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ttOYqFzNeZ9781454959786.webp?v=1781068440"},{"product_id":"the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-hardcover","title":"The Hunchback of Notre-Dame - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLovely Esmeralda, haunted by an obsessive would-be lover and unjustly accused of murder, unexpectedly finds a tormented protector in \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Quasimodo the hunchback keeps to his duties as bell-ringer of Notre Dame cathedral and stays close to his guardian, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. His devotion proves misguided when a plan of Frollo's goes wrong and Quasimodo finds himself abused by a crowd and shown mercy only by the gypsy girl Esmeralda. The hunchback's love and resolve to protect her leads to desperate action and tragedy when she is falsely accused of murder. Emotions run high as society's elite falters and fails, and the lowest misfits of society prove their worth in this timeless epic of love, justice and redemption. The novel's human characters have all but taken on lives of their own, but notice must be made of the author's treatment of Notre Dame as the cathedral virtually becomes a character itself. The book's loving descriptions spurred increased appreciation of Notre Dame as a symbol of Paris and inspired its preservation and renovation. \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1831 and has since been adapted to stage and screen many times, with more than one of the film versions attaining classic status.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/i\u003e is both modern and readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer of Notre Dame cathedral, falls in love with the Gypsy Esmeralda, but there are others who will stop at nothing to make her their own. \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo's\u003c\/b\u003e immortal historical novel of cruel injustice, mad jealousy and brave devotion against all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101525479647,"sku":"9781513220819","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Vk9pLy9jcVo5RVQ0MERWV3VFanMzUT09.webp?v=1781071658"},{"product_id":"les-mis駻ables-leather","title":"Les Mis駻ables - Leather","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of \u003ci\u003eLes Mis駻ables\u003c\/i\u003e cannot fail to be of use,\" says Victor Hugo in the preface of his famous novel. Set in the years after the French Revolution, \u003ci\u003eLes Mis駻ables\u003c\/i\u003e is certainly French history recounted through the personal stories of its main characters: Jean Valjean, Fantine, Cosette, Javert, and others. And the novel offers philosophical insight on the good deeds that can happen even amidst ignorance and poverty. This handsome leather-bound volume is a beautiful addition to any classic literature library with specially designed endpapers, gilded edges, and a ribbon bookmark so you will never lose your place.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101573386463,"sku":"9781626864641","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kkroksxku79781626864641.webp?v=1781071748"},{"product_id":"ninety-three-paperback","title":"Ninety-Three - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNinety-Three\u003c\/i\u003e (1874) is the final novel of Victor Hugo. As a work of historical fiction, the story is set during the period of conflict between the newly formed French Republic and the Royalists who sought to reverse the gains of the revolution. Praised for its morality and honest depiction of the horrors of war, \u003ci\u003eNinety-Three\u003c\/i\u003e influenced such wide-ranging political thinkers as Joseph Stalin and Ayn Rand. \"The soldiers forced cautiously. Everything was in full bloom; they were surrounded by a quivering wall of branches, whose leaves diffused a delicious freshness. Here and there sunbeams pierced these green shades.\" Advancing through the countryside, a band of Republican soldiers discovers a family of refugees, a mother and two children who fled for their lives during the insurrection of Royalists in Brittany. Taken in, they are swept up in an attack by the merciless Marquis de Lantenac, a counterrevolutionary leader who has just landed with a unit of Royalist troops. Separated from her children, Michelle is protected by a local beggar who hides her from Lantenac and his men. Meanwhile, Robespierre, Marat, and Danton have sent Commander Gauvain from Paris to stamp out the Royalist threat in Brittany, knowing all too well that Lantenac is his distant relative. As families are torn apart in the name of political struggle, as mercy gives way to death and betrayal, Hugo examines the human cost of war without losing sight of the gravity of the historical moment. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Victor Hugo's \u003ci\u003eNinety-Three\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFighting between the newly formed French Republic and bands of Royalists has torn the countryside apart. Along the coast of Brittany, a formidable force led by the Marquis de Lantenac is starting to make gains against the Blues, threatening the Revolution itself. 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Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine (Anne Hathaway), driven to prostitution by poverty. Victor Hugo (1802-85) wrote volumes of criticism, Romantic costume dramas, satirical verse and political journalism but is best remembered for his novels, especially Notre-Dame de Paris (1831), also known as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Mis rables (1862) which was adapted into one of the most successful musicals of all time. 'All human life is here' Cameron Mackintosh, producer of the musical Les Mis rables 'One of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world' Upton Sinclair 'A great writer - inventive, witty, sly, innovatory' A. S. Byatt, author of Possession\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101607399647,"sku":"9781846140495","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZnlwWlkyUnoycGZhamlhV3JTUWtzUT09.webp?v=1781071814"},{"product_id":"ninety-three-hardcover","title":"Ninety-Three - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou may read any number of more \"realistic\" accounts of the French Revolution, but Hugo's is the one you will remember. He is not a reporter of the momentary, but an artist who projects the essential and fundamental. He is not a statistician of gutter trivia, but a Romanticist who presents life \"as it might be and ought to be.\" He is the worshipper and the superlative portrayer of man's greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are struggling to hold your vision of man above the gray ashes of our century, Hugo is the fuel you need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne cannot preserve that vision or achieve it without some knowledge of what is greatness and some image to concretize it. Every morning, when you read today's headlines, you shrink a little in human stature and hope. Then, if you turn to modern literature for a nobler view of man, you are confronted by those cases of arrested development--the juvenile delinquents aged thirty to sixty--who still think that depravity is daring or shocking, and whose writing belongs, not on paper, but on fences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you feel, as I do, that there's nothing as boring as depravity, if you seek a glimpse of human grandeur--turn to a novel by Victor Hugo. - AYN RAND\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101614575839,"sku":"9781889439310","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QkY0UWR6Zzl2Z3dyVG5nQzUvZ0twdz09.webp?v=1781071829"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/victor-hugo.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}