Olympio, or the life of Victor Hugo. Morois Andre

Andre Morois, a classic of French literature of the 20th century, a genuine master of psychological prose, was also famous as the author of the novelized biographies of Dumas, Balzac, Georges Sand, etc. One of his best books in this genre - “Olympio, or the life of Victor Hugo” - Dedicated to the great Frenchman, who left a unique mark in the history of not only French, but also European culture. The famous poet, playwright, prose writer, Victor Hugo bravely rushed into politics, became the peer of France, the defender of the outcast and persecuted. For the ideals of freedom and democracy, he fought on the barricades, and then spent almost twenty years in exile. Compatriots considered Hugo the conscience of the nation, not without reason Romain Rollan called him "a lion fat French literature." Andre Morois with inimitable skill creates an amazingly bright portrait of this many -sided person.