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"Victor Hugo - portrait français" has been shared to the blog from the French reading practice section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills. This article also has audio for you to practice your French listening skills; you can find many more listening activities in the French listening exercises section.
Victor Hugo was a renowned author and poet, in the Romantic movement – one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Listening to our bilingual audio article, from our series of Portraits français, then read some excerpts of his work.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Note: The tenses in this French article and its English translation don’t match! In French, we use the present tense to describe historical stories like this to evoke a sense of immediacy, whereas in English, we commonly use the past tense – learn more about historical French tenses.
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A sampling of Victor Hugo
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