Jul 19, 2019
Here's what the last page of the manuscript looks like:
(source)
You can see here that Hugo originally had a different epitaph, which he crossed out. It reads:
"Il dort paisible après un sombre et long martyre.
Quand il n'eut plus son ange, il mourut sans rien dire;
La chose simplement d'elle-même arriva,
Comme la...
Jul 18, 2019
The more some people change, the more they stay the same.
Jul 18, 2019
In addition to writing, Hugo could do other things with ink--here are some of his drawings, along with a bit of discussion of them.
Jul 14, 2019
In which I offer explanation, but not comfort, at this sad turn of events.