false 108347 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 108347 2 515834 2001 Selected Poems of Victor Hugo: A Bilingual Edition total:48|5:20|4:18|3:7|2:1|1:2| 48 197 82 4 13661 4.01 68671 3446 79555225 2998918 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.17 47 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 3 0 false Tue Dec 01 13:46:10 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 13:49:24 -0800 2009 un celebre intellectuel francais de tous les temmps
ces poemes sont clairs et eternels..]]> 67932057 2641225 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 3 0 false Tue Aug 18 14:29:56 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 10:24:58 -0700 2009 "Demain des l'aube a l'heure ou blanchit la compagne je partirai", my favorite!]]> 22916398 1185439 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 5 0 false Sun May 25 07:53:53 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 07:54:59 -0700 2008 8443060 514447 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Oct 30 12:01:33 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 12:02:46 -0700 2007 81638147 3062635 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 5 0 false Mon Dec 21 03:54:12 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 21 03:54:12 -0800 2009 80844020 3033755 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 3 0 false Sun Dec 13 07:10:53 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 07:10:53 -0800 2009 80809117 2512645 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Sat Dec 12 18:52:24 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 18:52:24 -0800 2009 79963124 3010097 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Sat Dec 05 07:52:03 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 07:52:03 -0800 2009 76433009 154634 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Sun Nov 01 21:36:44 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 21:36:44 -0800 2009 76065082 258250 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Wed Oct 28 18:29:01 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:29:01 -0700 2009 75866577 2882180 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 5 0 false Tue Oct 27 01:17:34 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 01:17:34 -0700 2009 74823704 2843792 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 5 0 false Sat Oct 17 09:53:36 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 09:53:36 -0700 2009 72608772 1026112 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Sat Sep 26 19:51:12 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 19:51:12 -0700 2009 71622132 1365572 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 4 0 false Thu Sep 17 19:49:10 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 19:49:10 -0700 2009 65798018 1073990 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Sat Aug 01 15:29:52 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 13:20:19 -0800 2009 65399223 1010975 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Wed Jul 29 08:33:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 08:33:42 -0700 2009 65347859 2463751 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Tue Jul 28 19:42:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 19:42:44 -0700 2009 61445200 2454750 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Sun Jun 28 19:11:54 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 19:11:54 -0700 2009 60753910 2406739 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 0 0 false Tue Jun 23 02:26:11 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 02:26:11 -0700 2009 60456645 2440773 108347 0226359816 9780226359816 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388m/108347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171582388s/108347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108347.Selected_Poems_of_Victor_Hugo_A_Bilingual_Edition 4.10 48 Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.

Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.

Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.</div>]]> 2001 5 0 false Sat Jun 20 17:28:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 17:28:58 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=108347