Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. STOCK PHOTOS MAY VARY FROM THE ACTUAL ITEM. ACTUAL PHOTOS AVAIL. UPON REQUEST. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Hugo was profoundly influenced by Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, the famous figure in the literary movement of Romanticism and France's preeminent literary figure during the early 19th century. His life would come to parallel that of his predecessor in many ways. Like Chateaubriand, Hugo would further the cause of Romanticism, become involved in politics as a champion of Republicanism, and be forced into exile due to his political stances. The precocious passion and eloquence of Hugo's early work brought success and fame when Hugo was twenty years old. His first collection of poetry (Odes et poesies diverses);1822, earned him a royal pension from Louis XVIII. Though the poems were admired for their spontaneous fervor and fluency. Odes et Ballades;1836, revealed Hugo to be a great poet, a natural master of lyric and creative song. Hugo's first full-length novel would be the enormously successful The Hunchback of Notre-Dame;1831. Victor Hugo's first mature work of fiction appeared in 1829, The Last Day of a Condemned Man. It reflected the acute social conscience that would infuse his later work and have a profound influence on later writers. A short documentary about a real-life murderer executed in France, appeared in 1834, which Hugo considered to be a precursor to his great work on social injustice, Les Miserables. Planning this work as early as the 1830s, it would take 17 years to publish. Hugo turned away from social/political issues with Toilers of the Sea;1866. The book was dedicated to the channel island of Guernsey where he spent 15 years of exile, Hugo depicted Man's battle with the sea. He returned to political and social issues painting a critical picture of the aristocracy in, The Man Who Laughs;1869. His last novel dealt with the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, Ninety-Three;1874. Many now consider this work on par with Hugo's better-known novels.