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Victor Hugo

Please use the websites below, and any search engine to answer the following questions on a 
separate sheet of paper. They do not have to be in complete sentences, but be sure to label the 
number you are answering!

1.) What was Victor Hugo's birthdate and where was he born?

2.) How many siblings did he have?

3.) What did his parents do for a living?

4.) What was Hugo's parent's relationship like?  How did this affect him?
 
5.) What type of education did he receive?

6.) What was his family life like while growing up? 

7.) What were the social conditions like where Hugo lived and grew up?

8.) What are your impressions of Hugo based on the pictures you have seen in these websites?

9.) Describe Hugo's personal life - meaning, did he ever get married?  If so, to whom?  Was it a good 
marriage? Did they have any children?  How many survived? Any interesting facts surrounding his 
marriage/children/life?

10.) What else did Hugo do besides writing?

Internet Links


Victor Hugo - French Dramatist
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Theatre/Hugo/hugo.shtml

Victor Hugo Biography
http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/data/hugo/vhbio.html

Hugo - Poet and Novelist
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/hugo.html

The Literature network - focus on Hugo
http://www.online-literature.com/victor_hugo/

Biography of Hugo
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/vhugo.htm

Answers on Hugo's life
http://www.answers.com/topic/victor-hugo?cat=entertainment

Other Resources

www.askjeeves.com
www.google.com
www.metacrawler.com


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