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Books by Victor Hugo mentioned on podcasts
Victor Hugo and his literary works have been referenced across several podcast episodes. On an episode of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast in December 2024, a guest highlighted a book by Victor Hugo that explores artistic genius, estimating that a small number of major geniuses emerge in every generation. Dan Pfeiffer drew a comparison on Pod Save America in August 2023 between a politician and Jean Valjean from 'Les Misérables'. On an episode of Behind the Bastards in December 2022, the host discussed Hugo's political writings, mentioning that the writer and politician penned a series of vitriolic attacks on Louis Napoleon, including a piece titled 'Napoleon Le Petit'. The same podcast series and an episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in January 2023 also referenced 'Les Misérables' and its associated musical and film adaptations, mentioning characters like little Gevrosh and the historical setting of the Paris barricades.
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Les Miserables
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is an epic 1862 French novel following ex-convict Jean Valjean and other characters against a sweeping backdrop of nineteenth-century social injustice and revolution.
Critiqued“and he was known uh to be fond of Persian poetry and classic western novels. Rich, especially Victor Hugo's Le Miser Rob, that's so sweet.”
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The hunchback of Notre Dame
The hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo is a classic gothic novel depicting 15th-century Paris and the tragic lives of its marginalized characters.
Discussed“According to Gallet, it was as if we were experiencing Victor Hugo's novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. You could imagine seeing the shadow of the hunchback above the bells.”
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Bug Jargal
Discussed“there's victor hugo's bug jargle right which is about the haitian revolution”
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The Works of Victor Hugo: The history of a crime. Napoleon the Little
The Works of Victor Hugo: The history of a crime.
Discussed“writer and politician Victor Hugo pinned a series of vitriolic attacks on Louis Napoleon one titled Napoleon Le Petit exhorting the French to look at this hog wallowing in his own slime on a lion's skin”
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