Although entirely self-taught, Hugo (1802-1885) was a prolific draughtsman, reeling off thousands of sketches – from idle "caricatures" to "sublime and surreal masterpieces" – "without rules or any ...

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 – the subject of a new exhibition in London.

Charles Dickens captured daily hardships, while Victor Hugo wrote sweeping epics of struggle and redemption but which author ...

Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical ...

Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by Victor Hugo. Ahead of a new show opening at the Royal Academy, Michael Hodges follows the path of the celebrated French writer and ...

This is exactly why he makes the list of the most tragic classic books. Sometimes, you simply need a good cry. But Hugo is ...

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.

Sculptor Antony Gormley and Professor of French literature, Catriona Seth discuss Victor Hugo's visual art with Tom Sutcliffe. Victor Hugo was a 19th century cultural colossus, known for monumental ...

Astonishing Things, the RA show's title comes from a comment Vincent van Gogh made on seeing Victor Hugo's drawings.

Royal Academy of Arts/Paris Musées/Maison de Victor Hugo/Bibliothèque nationale de France Hugo professed himself optimistic, predicting a war-free 20th century and explaining Les Misérables as ...