"The author of this book....has been absent from Paris for many years..."
When he wrote "Les Miserables", Hugo was living on the island of Jersey in the North Sea. He had been forced to leave France because of his role in the revolution of 1848, which he chronicled in the book.
"The author of this book....has been absent from Paris for many years..."
When he wrote "Les Miserables", Hugo was living on the island of Jersey in the North Sea. He had been forced to leave France because of his role in the revolution of 1848, which he chronicled in the book.