The author of "Les Misérables" is Victor Hugo.
Victor Hugo, a representative writer of positive romantic literature in France in the early 19th century, a representative figure of humanism, an outstanding bourgeois democratic writer in the history of French literature, is known as the "Shakespeare of France" ". "Les Misérables" is a novel he published in 1862. Its content covers the Napoleonic War and the following ten years.
"Les Misérables" is large-scale, with nearly a hundred characters and about 1.2 million words. It is divided into five parts, titled "Fantine", "Cosette", "Marius", " "The Love of Children in the Rue Plumet and the Blood of Heroes in the Rue Saint-Denis" and "Jean Valjean". The basic plot of the novel is the tragic life history of Jean Valjean. Jean Valjean's various experiences after his release from prison run through the whole book, profoundly reflecting the issues of the times.
Victor Hugo’s artistic techniques
1. Poetry
It has magnificent colors, full of unconstrained imagination, and wonderful musicality , the versatile use of words and ingenious rhyme achieve an extraordinary state of elegance, exquisiteness, majesty and simplicity.
2. In terms of novels
Most of them write social novels that mainly describe various aspects of life, integrating realism and romanticism, with vivid plots, bizarre structures, surging emotions, majestic momentum, and shocking Popular among the people.
3. In terms of drama
It broke the three unities of Greek tragedy and created a romantic drama with a mixture of tragedy and joy. It uses rich imagination, strong emotions, boundless courage and beautiful poetry to create a strong and contradictory dramatic effect.
4. Paintings
The works include illustrations of famous books, figure paintings, and landscape paintings. Describe the plot in the work and show your inner thoughts, and use ink to paint Western landscapes. During his nineteen years of exile, the sea became the subject of Hugo's paintings.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Victor Hugo