• Eq0@literature.cafe
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    3 months ago

    Noooo! That’s an integral part of the beauty of Victor Hugo‘s writing! ❤️❤️VH❤️❤️ (except Notre Dame de Paris, that sucks)

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      3 months ago

      Oh I agree! It adds so much to have such detail about the time and location. It just makes me laugh that it seems a third of his page count (that I’ve read) is essays.

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        3 months ago

        Maybe he went the other way. He had a bunch of essays and wondered “what coherent story can I build out of this?”