Les contemplations: Autrefois, 1830-1843 by Victor Hugo

"Les contemplations: Autrefois, 1830-1843" by Victor Hugo is a collection of poems published in 1856. This work explores love, joy, death, and grief through versified autobiography. The collection serves as a tribute to Hugo's daughter Léopoldine, who drowned in 1843—an event that divides the work into two parts: "Autrefois" (Before) and "Aujourd'hui" (Today). Through memory and mourning, Hugo experiments with poetic form to channel profound loss, moving from youthful romance through sorrow toward mystical contemplation and renewed hope. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
Title Les contemplations: Autrefois, 1830-1843
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Contemplations Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Contemplations
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject French poetry -- 19th century
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eBook-No. 29843
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Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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