Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Victor Hugo
His novel, Les Miserables
• 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
• 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 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. ‘