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Juliette Drouet

Juliette Drouet

Juliette Drouet (French pronunciation: [ʒyljɛt dʁu.ɛ]; born Julienne Joséphine Gauvain [ʒyljɛn ʒozefin ɡovɛ̃]; 10 April 1806 – 11 May 1883) was a French actress. She abandoned her career on the stage after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo, to whom she acted as a secretary and travelling companion. Juliette accompanied Hugo in his exile to the Channel Islands, and wrote thousands of letters to him throughout her life.

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Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato

Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato

Анато́лий Никола́евич Деми́дов (17 апреля 1812, Флоренция, Первая Французская империя — 29 апреля 1870, Париж, Вторая Французская империя) — русский и французский меценат, действительный статский советник, дипломат, с 1840 г. князь Сан-Донато. Представитель рода Демидовых, младший сын Николая Никитича Демидова от его брака с Елизаветой Александровной Строгановой. Большую часть своей жизни прожил в Европе, лишь изредка приезжая в Россию.

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Juliette Drouet

Juliette Drouet
 

James Pradier

James Pradier

James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, pronounced [pʁadje]; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style.

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Juliette Drouet

Juliette Drouet
 

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.

His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera Rigoletto and the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment and slavery.

Although he was a committed royalist when young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, serving in politics as both deputy and senator. His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism, and his literary stature, established him as a national hero. Hugo died on 22 May 1885, aged 83. He was given a state funeral in the Panthéon of Paris, which was attended by over two million people, the largest in French history.

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