Questions 31–40

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 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 and education.
• Napoleon III disliked his views and exiled him.

His exile from France

• Victor Hugo had to live elsewhere in .
• He used his income from the sale of some 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, and tapestries that he valued.
• He bought cheap made of wood and turned this into beautiful wall carvings.
• The first floor consists of furnished areas with wallpaper and 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 .
• He entertained other writers as well as poor in his house.
• Victor Hugo’s gave ownership of the house to the city of Paris in 1927.