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Victor Hugo: A Biography

Graham Robb

In this biography of the great Victor Hugo, "by grasping the giant in his entirety, and in his many disguises, Robb rewards us with a panorama of French and European society from the Revolution to the dawn of the twentieth century."--Jacket.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Costa Book Awards: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Biography -> BiographyLiterary Biography

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Costa Book Awards: Biography1997WinnerSecondary source
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor1998FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Victor Hugo96%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    By grasping Victor Hugo “in his entirety” and “in his many disguises,” Robb presents a panorama of French and European society from the Revolution to the dawn of the twentieth century.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    32 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 68%.