La Hugo, Victor 1802-1885 creator Flameng, François 1856-1923 text utu 2024 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "La Légende des siècles tome I" by Victor Hugo is a collection of poems published in three series between 1859 and 1883. The work depicts the history and evolution of humanity through epic verses. Hugo presents scattered scenes from past, present, and future, focusing on obscure or invented figures who symbolize their ages. Rather than historical accuracy, he creates "history heard at the doors of legend," tracing humanity's journey from darkness toward light through lyric, epic, and satirical poems. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_L%C3%A9gende_des_si%C3%A8cles Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_L%C3%A9gende_des_si%C3%A8cles Release date is 2024-02-06 Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Originally published: Paris: Hetzel-Quantin, 1880 French poetry -- 19th century PQ Paris: Hetzel-Quantin, 1880 https://archive.org/details/uvrescompltesd01hugo/page/n11/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72885 https://archive.org/details/uvrescompltesd01hugo/page/n11/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72885 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134703.0 72885