Actress Lesley Nicol narrates a heartwarming story about Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables. Actress Lesley Nicol narrates the true story of Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables, and his wife ...

A life-sized bronze sculpture of French writer Victor Hugo has been made for the island centre to be dedicated to him, by a well-known fashion designer. Nicole Farhi CBE made the sculpture, which will ...

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. He ...

French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables", but less known is his work as an illustrator -- now the subject of a new exhibition in London.

This weekend's reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is the culmination of a repair and restoration effort more than five years after it was gutted by a catastrophic fire. Notre-Dame is one ...

John Hollander is the author of numerous books, including "Figurehead: And Other Poems," "Selected Poetry," "Tesserae and Other Poems" and the anthology "Committed to Memory." He is Sterling professor ...

A view of the 'Hugo the decorator' exhibition at the Maison de Victor Hugo in Paris. GAUTIER DEBLONDE While Victor Hugo (1802-1885) is remembered chiefly as a poet, writer and committed political ...

The great-great-grandson of writer Victor Hugo has said he hopes plans for a new centre in his name will allow his legacy to live on. Photographer Jean-Baptiste Hugo visited the island to capture ...

Notre Dame has gone through a lot in its 856 years. It has endured ill-advised remodelling, revolutionary ransacking and pollution-induced decay. Hitler once had it slated for demolition. On Monday, ...