Questions 1 - 10:
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
His novel, Les Misérables
- It has been adapted for theatre and cinema.
- We know more about its overall 1 than about its author.
His early career
- In Paris, his career was successful and he led the Romantic movement.
- He spoke publicly about social issues, such as 2 and education.
- Napoleon III disliked his views and exiled him.
His exile from France
- Victor Hugo had to live elsewhere in 3
- He used his income from the sale of some 4 he had written to buy a house on Guernsey.
His house on Guernsey
- Victor Hugo lived in this house until the end of the Empire in France.
- The ground floor contains portraits, 5 and tapestries that he valued.
- He bought cheap 6 made of wood and turned this into beautiful wall carvings.
- The first floor consists of furnished areas with wallpaper and 7 that have a Chinese design.
- The library still contains many of his favourite books.
- He wrote in a room at the top of the house that had a view of the 8
- He entertained other writers as well as poor 9 in his house.
- Victor Hugo’s 10 gave ownership of the house to the city of Paris in 1927.