Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 296 Hugo, Victor 1802 1885 Hugo, Victor Marie, comte Hugo, Víctor Actes et Paroles, Volume 2: Pendant l'exil 1852-1870 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actes_et_Paroles https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actes_et_paroles_-_Pendant_l%27exil Produced by Carlo Traverso, Anne Dreze, Marc D'Hooghe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Actes et Paroles, Volume 2: Pendant l'exil 1852-1870" by Victor Hugo is a collection of reflections and political writings penned during the mid-19th century. The work offers a deep insight into Hugo's thoughts and experiences during his exile after opposing Louis Napoleon’s coup d'état. It focuses on themes of justice, freedom, and the moral implications of exile, illustrating both the personal and societal sufferings inflicted by tyranny and oppression. The opening of the book sets the stage for Hugo's meditations on exile, where he discusses the concepts of law, force, and the moral weight of being a proscribed individual. He articulates that while the exiled may suffer from physical separation, it is the tyrants who inflict greater spiritual and ethical damage upon themselves. Hugo reflects on his own feelings of isolation, alongside the beauty and power of truth in the face of oppression. As he begins his journey through exile—from Belgium to Jersey—Hugo underscores the solidarity among proscribed individuals and the communal determination to uphold the ideals of the Republic, even from afar. The prose is rich with philosophical musings, painting a vivid picture of struggle, hope, and resilience against tyranny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900 Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 DC Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics 803167 2025-06-04T06:17:37.436705 text/html 802988 2025-01-11T03:42:41.821311 text/html 387526 2025-06-04T06:17:50.680153 application/epub+zip 398254 2025-06-04T06:17:41.523679 application/epub+zip 374836 2025-06-04T06:17:39.953670 application/epub+zip 728295 2025-06-04T06:17:57.919120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653173 2025-06-04T06:17:49.392119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582757 2022-09-04T10:29:00.831755 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 726589 2025-06-04T06:17:36.661710 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 726772 2014-09-20T21:25:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 279520 2014-09-20T21:27:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18814 2025-06-04T06:17:58.068081 application/rdf+xml 16520 2025-06-04T06:17:40.520696 image/jpeg 3737 2025-06-04T06:17:40.239656 image/jpeg 378985 2025-06-04T06:17:37.511695 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia