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Bug-Jargal is a novel by the French writer Victor Hugo first published in 1826. It is a reworked version of an earlier (1818) short story of the same name written by Hugo in two weeks as a result of a bet, at the age of sixteen. The short story was published in the literary magazine le Conservateur littéraire in 1819. The novel follows a friendship between the enslaved African prince of the title and a French military officer named Leopold D'Auve... more
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Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ maʁi yˈɡo]) (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his...

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