Victor Hugo

author

Victor Hugo

1802–1885

A giant of French literature, he gave the world sweeping stories of justice, mercy, love, and revolt. Best known for Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, he wrote with the emotional force of a poet and the social conscience of a reformer.

66 Audiobooks

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris

by Victor Hugo

Poems

Poems

by Victor Hugo

Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris

by Victor Hugo

The History of a Crime

The History of a Crime

by Victor Hugo

Toilers of the Sea

Toilers of the Sea

by Victor Hugo

L'homme Qui Rit

L'homme Qui Rit

by Victor Hugo

Ninety-Three

Ninety-Three

by Victor Hugo

Napoleon the Little

Napoleon the Little

by Victor Hugo

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

by Victor Hugo

Quatrevingt-Treize

Quatrevingt-Treize

by Victor Hugo

Le Roi s'amuse

Le Roi s'amuse

by Victor Hugo

Napoléon Le Petit

Napoléon Le Petit

by Victor Hugo

Hernani

Hernani

by Victor Hugo

Bug-Jargal

Bug-Jargal

by Victor Hugo

Han d'Islande

Han d'Islande

by Victor Hugo

Ruy Blas: Drame

Ruy Blas: Drame

by Victor Hugo

Le Rhin, Tome II

Le Rhin, Tome II

by Victor Hugo

Le Rhin, Tome I

Le Rhin, Tome I

by Victor Hugo

Kurjat I: Fantine

Kurjat I: Fantine

by Victor Hugo

Le Rhin, Tome IV

Le Rhin, Tome IV

by Victor Hugo

Le Rhin, Tome III

Le Rhin, Tome III

by Victor Hugo

La Esmeralda

La Esmeralda

by Victor Hugo

Kurjat II: Cosette

Kurjat II: Cosette

by Victor Hugo

About the author

Born in 1802, Victor Hugo became one of the defining writers of 19th-century France: a poet, novelist, and playwright whose work helped shape the Romantic movement. His books combined memorable characters and dramatic plots with deep concern for poverty, inequality, and human dignity.

His most famous novels, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables, have reached readers around the world and inspired countless stage and screen adaptations. Beyond fiction, he was also a major public figure who spoke out on political and social issues, and part of his life was spent in exile after opposing the regime of Napoleon III.

When Hugo died in 1885, he was honored as a national figure in France, and his influence has lasted far beyond his own century. His writing is still loved for its grandeur, compassion, and belief that literature can speak both to private sorrow and to public justice.