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Which year of the French Revolution is portrayed in Victor Hugo’s novel Ninety-three?
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Victor Hugo
French poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo, photograph by Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon). Hugo's best-loved works are the novels Notre-Dame de Paris (1831; The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) and Les Misérables (1862).
Victor Hugo’s novel Ninety-three (original French title: Quatre-vingt-treize) portrays the tumultuous year 1793 during the French Revolution. In this work, Hugo explores themes of human justice and charity against the backdrop of that historical period.1