Victor Hugo (Portraits français)

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE

In: Reading C1, Famous People, Literature, Poetry, Theatre, Listening or Seeing C1

Discussion of this reading exercise: 2

Victor Hugo was a renowned author and poet, in the Romantic movement - one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Learn more about his life in this bilingual article.
After listening to the audio, click any word for the English translation and links to related grammar lessons.

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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