Translations From The Poems Of Victor Hugo

Although best known as the author of Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, Victor Hugo was primarily a poet—one of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown, however, there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions. Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugo's essential verse into a single, bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugo's oeuvre, including intimate love poems, satires against the political establishment, serene meditations, religious verse, and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volume's eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English, providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugo's career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugo's writing, while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions. Illustrated with Hugo's own paintings and drawings, this lucid translation—available on the eve of Hugo's bicentenary—pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry, the drama and satirical force of his language, and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... the gulf where man is lost. But, wretch! your soul a flash of pity crost; Blest glow! (where selfishness had ne'er a part), Unknown e'en by yourself, possessed your heart, I made you die, while right assumed her reign; Salvation e'en the cruel can regain, E'en bloodiest murderer, and worst of lords, Who the least help, to the least man affords--One moment's love, wins Eden repossest; Help to a pig outweighs a world opprest, And thrills with joy for him who 'scapes from hell Come, you were good one day, be ever blest; Enter, transfigured late by crimes possest, King! By heaven's splendours they are all effaced, By spotless white see your black wings replaced." POOR FOLK. 'TVS night, the hut, though poor, keeps out the JL wind; The room is dark, yet something there you find Which like a ray amid the twilight falls; The fishing-nets are hung about the walls, And in a nook, where pots and plates in line Upon a cupboard shelf obscurely shine, Stands a large bed, with curtains hung around, Hard by a mattress spread upon the ground, Where, like a nest of souls, five children sleep; The hearth, where ashes still some fire keep, On bed and ceiling cast a reddish ray; A woman, thoughtful, pale, kneels down to pray; Their mother. She's alone; and out of doors The ocean, white with foam, its wailing pours To sky, night, rock, to howling winds and wild. The man's at sea; a sailor from a child, With gloomy chance doth a fierce war sustain: For he must be afloat in squall and rain. POOR FOLK. 177 The children cry for food, and off he hies At eve, when billows to the gunwale rise. Unhelped, alone, his bark he steers and tends. Meanwhile, the wife at home the canvas mends, Fits on the hooks, the broken nets repairs, And for the fish-soup in the...

A collection of over 100 poems of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France. Hugo is nest known for Les Miserables and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

The Liberal French Spirit in Lyric Form Victor Hugo is not only known for his complex novels but also for his beautiful poetry. In his poems, Hugo touches a variety of subjects, from religion and royalism to nature and liberalism all striving to be spontaneous and sublime. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes