| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Hugo, Victor Marie |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Hu·go |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  hy  g , ü-g |
| DATES: | 1802–1885 |
| French writer who went into exile after Napoleon III seized power (1851), returning to France in 1870. His novels include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
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