"Monsieur de Balzac was one of the first among the greatest, one of the highest among the best.... All his books together make one book."
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Hugo's life spanned much of the 19th century: He was born in 1802 and died in 1885. He was educated in Paris, and had one wife, one mistress, and five children, including Adèle, whose madness was immortalized in the Truffaut film "The Story of Adèle H.". Hugo was deeply involved in politics; he was exiled from France in 1851 for his activities, and lived thereafter on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey. His vast oeuvre contains much greatness but also, perhaps because of its staggering volume, more...
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02/26/1802 France, Western Europe,
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Interesting and moving....though hard to read the end with tears clouding my vision