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HUGO (Victor), 1802–1885.
Millon · Paris
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HUGO (Victor), 1802–1885. Autograph letter signed “Victor Hugo,” Marine Terrace [Jersey], February 8 (1853), 3 pp., in-12 format, addressed to Mr. Courmeaux; traces of wax seals with a small tear. A beautiful letter on the solidarity among exiles of the Second Empire across borders and the genesis of “Les Châtiments.” In exile in Jersey, Hugo writes to his former companion from his time in exile in Brussels, Eugène Courmeaux (1817–1902)—a librarian in Reims, journalist, and sta
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