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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).
Juliette Drouet was a French actress who became a central figure in the life of Victor Hugo after they began a liaison in 1833.1
Although Hugo initially wrote plays with the intention of creating roles for her, Drouet possessed limited acting talent and soon chose to renounce her stage career entirely. She dedicated her life to Hugo, becoming his discreet and faithful companion, a role she maintained until her death in 1883.1