Victor Hugo

Translations: Hugo-be Ranger-mickiewicz. [by William James Linton.] Victor Hugo

Publisher Marketing: Title: Translations: Hugo-Be ranger-Mickiewicz. [By William James Linton.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Hugo, Victor; Linton, William James; null 8 . 011652.m.13.(3.) Contributor Bio:  Hugo, Victor The best-known of the French Romantic writers, Victor Hugo was a poet, novelist, dramatist, and political critic. Hugo was an avid supporter of French republicanism and advocate for social and political equality, themes that reflect most strongly in his works Les Mis?rables, Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), and Le Dernier jour d'un condamn? (The Last Day of a Condemned Man). Hugo's literary works were successful from the outset, earning him a pension from Louis XVIII and membership in the prestigious Acad?mie fran?aise, and influencing the work of literary figures such as Albert Camus, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Elevated to the peerage by King Louis-Philippe, Hugo played an active role in French politics through the 1848 Revolution and into the Second and Third Republics. Hugo died in 1885, revered not only for his influence on French literature, but also for his role in shaping French democracy. He is buried in the Panth?on alongside Alexandre Dumas and ?mile Zola. Contributor Bio:  Linton, William James Der englische Maler und Illustrator Walter Crane (1845 - 1915) war einer der fuhrenden Kopfe der Bewegung Arts and Crafts, die die Wiederbelebung der Kunst durch ihre handwerklichen Grundlagen anstrebte. Als Dreizehnjahriger hatte er mit einer Serie von Zeichnungen die Aufmerksamkeit des Graveurs von Holzstichen William James Linton gewonnen, der eine eigene Druckpresse besass. Crane trat bei Linton in die Lehre, der ihn mit anspruchsvollen Aufgaben forderte und ihm die Geschichte der Grafik, darunter die Meister der italienischen Renaissance, nahe brachte. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Drucker Edmund Evans, der sich der Weiterentwicklung des Farbdrucks verschrieben hatte, und dem Verleger George Routledge schuf Crane eine Fulle von prachtigen und fein nuancierten Buchillustrationen, die sein Werk rasch popular machten.