This is exactly why he makes the list of the most tragic classic books. Sometimes, you simply need a good cry. But Hugo is ...

Victor Hugo dismissed his drawings as mere things made in the margins of his manuscripts Now, a Royal Academy exhibition ...

One of the 19th century’s greatest writers, Hugo also found time to produce art admired by founder of surrealism Andre Breton ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In September 1843, Victor Hugo was on a sunlit walk while travelling with his mistress in the Pyrenees.

“Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo”, which opened at the Royal Academy of Arts on Friday, traces Hugo’s passion for illustration, 140 years after his death. The exhibition’s notes say ...

French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables," but less known is his ...

Sculptor Antony Gormley and Professor of French literature, Catriona Seth discuss Victor Hugo's visual art with Tom Sutcliffe. Victor Hugo was a 19th century cultural colossus, known for monumental ...

Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by Victor Hugo. Ahead of a new show opening at the Royal Academy, Michael Hodges follows the path of the celebrated French writer and ...

Astonishing Things, the RA show's title comes from a comment Vincent van Gogh made on seeing Victor Hugo's drawings.

To mark Nuit des Musées 2025, Victor Hugo's house in Paris invites you to take part in a special nocturne on Saturday May 17.

French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The Hunchback ... The exhibition's notes say that while the Romantic author and politician came to be a leading public figure in France in the ...