 It is his great and favourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only French imaginative writer of the present century who is entitled to be considered as a man of genius. He has wonderful poetical power, and...  Female Life in Prison - Page 298by Frederick William Robinson - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Frederick William Robinson - 1862 - 354 pages
...merely the work of a truly great man, but it is his great and favourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...deserves high praise is its perfect purity. Any one who reads the Bible and Shakspeare may read ' Les Mise"rables.' The story is admirable, and is put together... | |
 | Victor Marie Hugo - 1862 - 432 pages
...merely the work of a truly great man, hut it is his great and tavourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...genius. He has wonderful poetical power, and he has the (acuity, which hardly any other French novelist possesses, of drawing beautiful as well as striking... | |
 | English literature - 1862 - 628 pages
...the work of a truly great man, but it is his great and favourite •work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...be considered as a man of genius. He has wonderful T>oetlcal power, and he has the faculty, which hardly any other French novelist possesses, of drawing... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1862 - 456 pages
...merely the work of a truly great man, but it is his great and favourite work— the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...century who is entitled to be considered as a man of geuius. He has wonderful poetical power, and he has the faculty, which hardly any other French novelist... | |
 | Annie Emma Challice - France - 1863 - 432 pages
...merely the work of a truly great man, but it is his great and favourite work—the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...high praise is its perfect purity. Any one who rea Js the Bible and Shakspeare may read * Les Miserables,* The story is admirable, and is put together... | |
 | Annie Edwards - 1863 - 276 pages
...merely the work of a truly great man, but it is his great and favourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...high praise is its perfect purity. Any one who rea Js the Bible and Shakspeare may read ' Les Miserables.' The story is admirable, and is put together... | |
 | Vicissitudes - 1863 - 320 pages
...merely the work of a truly great man, but it is his great and favourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...high praise is its perfect purity. Any one who rea Js the Bible and Shakspeare may read * Les Mise'rables.' The story is admirable, and is put together... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - Crime - 1863 - 330 pages
...merely the work of a truly great man, but It is his great and favourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...deserves high praise is Its perfect purity. Any one who reads the Bible and Shakspeare may read ' Les Miserables.' The story Is admirable, and is put together... | |
 | Dinah Maria Craik - 1863 - 366 pages
...merely the work of a truly great man, but it is his great and favourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only...deserves high praise is its perfect purity. Any one who reaJs the Bible and Shakspeare may read * Les Mis6rables.' The story is admirable, and is put together... | |
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