La Légende des siècles is a collection of poems by Victor Hugo, conceived as an immense depiction of the history and evolution of humanity.
Drawing made by Victor Hugo to illustrate La Légende des siècles
La Conscience, illustration by François Chifflart
Illustration by Victor Hugo (1871)
Illustration by Victor Hugo (1850)
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo, sometimes nicknamed the Ocean Man, was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms.
Portrait by Étienne Carjat, 1875
Sophie Trébuchet, mother of Victor Hugo
General Joseph-Leopold Hugo, father of Victor Hugo
Hugo by Jean Alaux, 1825