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Part 4
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Questions 31-40

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Victor Hugo

His novel, Les Misérables

  • It has been adapted for theatre and cinema.

  • We know more about its overall 31 than about its author.

His early career

  • In Paris, his career was successful and he led the Romantic movement.

  • He spoke publicly about social issues, such as 32 and education.

  • Napoleon III disliked his views and exiled him.

His exile from France

  • Victor Hugo had to live elsewhere in 33.

  • He used his income from the sale of some 34 he had written to buy a house on Guernsey.

His house on Guernsey (Hauteville House)

  • Victor Hugo lived in this house until the end of the Empire in France.

  • The ground floor contains portraits, 35 and tapestries that he valued.

  • He bought cheap 36 made of wood and turned this into beautiful wall carvings.

  • The first floor consists of furnished areas with wallpaper and 37 that have a Chinese design.

  • The library still contains many of his favourite books.

  • He wrote in a room at the top of the house (the "look-out") that had a view of the 38.

  • He entertained other writers as well as poor 39 in his house.

  • Victor Hugo’s 40 gave ownership of the house to the city of Paris in 1927.

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