Victor Hugo on things that matter: a reader

Victor Hugo in Private Life. On love and passion ; On children ; On death, grief, and tragedy ; On nature ; On the mysterious, the exotic, and the grotesque ; On God and religion ; On rights, law, and conscience : where private and public intersect

Victor Hugo in Public Life. On the role of the poet ; On liberty and democracy ; On tyranny and exile ; On social justice ; On poverty, crime, and education ; On humanity, progress, and peace.