Les Hugo, Victor 1802-1885 creator text utu 2009 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Les contemplations: Autrefois, 1830-1843" by Victor Hugo is a collection of poems published in 1856. This work explores love, joy, death, and grief through versified autobiography. The collection serves as a tribute to Hugo's daughter Léopoldine, who drowned in 1843—an event that divides the work into two parts: "Autrefois" (Before) and "Aujourd'hui" (Today). Through memory and mourning, Hugo experiments with poetic form to channel profound loss, moving from youthful romance through sorrow toward mystical contemplation and renewed hope. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Contemplations Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Contemplations Release date is 2009-08-29 Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) Original publication data not identified French poetry -- 19th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29843 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29843 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133659.0 29843