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Contents
Preface..........................................................................................xv
Acknowledgments..................................................................................xxi
Editions and Abbreviations.......................................................................xxv
Introduction to Victor Hugo and His Works........................................................1
Part I Victor Hugo in Private Life..............................................................23
Chapter 1 On Love and Passion...................................................................37
Chapter 2 On Children...........................................................................87
Chapter 3 On Death, Grief, and Tragedy..........................................................110
Chapter 4 On Nature.............................................................................135
Chapter 5 On the Mysterious, the Exotic, and the Grotesque......................................170
Chapter 6 On God and Religion...................................................................209
Chapter 7 On Rights, Law, and Conscien ... read full excerpt from Victor Hugo on Things That Matter: A Reader ebook
