Victor Hugo (1802-1885), the representative writer of French 19th-century Romantic literature, known as the "Shakespeare of France", enjoyed a worldwide reputation.
In 1862, at the age of 60, Hugo spent a great amount of labor in exile to complete his masterpiece Les Misérables, which later became one of the most famous novels of the 19th century.
Hugo in Paris
He sent the manuscript for a few days without receiving a reply, so he wrote to the newsroom asking what they thought of the work. The editorial department immediately replied with a letter, and the communication between Hugo and the editorial office was very simple, like our WeChat communication today:
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Hugo wrote—" ”
The editorial board replied—"! ”
The two symbols of the two letters aptly express the thousand words that are difficult for both sides to describe. Using only a simple exclamation point, the editor praised Hugo's excellent work and extraordinary penmanship, and was amazed at the novel that was about to come out.
Hugo's life's works total 79 volumes, which can be described as works, the most well-known masterpieces are "Notre Dame de Paris" and "Ninety-Three Years", etc. He was not only influenced by Roman. Roland and other literary giants gave a lofty evaluation, and they were also "a very few writers who were truly popular with the people" (Sartre's evaluation), and even in 2002, 200 years after his birth, he was designated by the French government as the "Year of Hugo", and official commemorations were held uninterrupted throughout the year.
In fact, in his body, there is another thing that brings the Frenchman's unrestrained and romantic to the fullest, that is, his marriage and love life:
Hugo married Adele Fouché in Paris at the age of 20 and had two sons and two daughters.
In 1832, Hugo met the 26-year-old actress Juliet Drewet and fell in love.
Juliet is indeed good-looking, no wonder Romeo likes it
His lover wrote a love letter to her beloved Hugo every day until her death at the age of 77, for more than fifty years without interruption, writing nearly 20,000 letters, most of which are preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Their love story became a romantic affair that the French relished...
Wrote 20,000 letters for 50 consecutive years, until both men were still in their seventies and eighties, and then most of them were collected by the National Library, and they were also talked about by the French after tea and dinner
It feels like they've been sprinkled with dog food, well, I have to admit that it's romantic enough!
However, their situation, in our country, may be another version of the story of "Jin Lian and Ximen Daguanren".
It feels like Juliet looks like a domestic female star, forgot what to call, you know?