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Hugo

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Hu·go  (hyg, ü-g), Victor Marie 1802-1885.
French writer who went into exile after Napoleon III seized power (1851), returning to France in 1870. His novels include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).

Hugo [ˈhjuːgəʊ (French) ygo]
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(Biographies / Hugo, Victor (Marie) (1802-1885) M, French, WRITING: poet, WRITING: novelist, THEATRE: dramatist) Victor (Marie) (viktɔr). 1802-85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France. His works include the volumes of verse Les Feuilles d'automne (1831) and Les Contemplations (1856), the novels Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les Misérables (1862), and the plays Hernani (1830) and Ruy Blas (1838)
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Noun1.Hugo - French poet and novelist and dramatistHugo - French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)


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line from Hugo Baskerville, and as I had the story from
This tiny cell had formerly been made almost at the summit of the tower, among the ravens' nests, by Bishop Hugo de Besançon* who had wrought sorcery there in his day.
I don't care if Hugo does come at me with a pistol," returned Amy, who was not gifted with dramatic power, but was chosen because she was small enough to be borne out shrieking by the villain of the piece.
 
 
 
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