Actes et Paroles (words and deeds) is a collection of
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
's political utterances from 1841 to 1876. It contains his speeches, largely unchanged, and a record of his political career.
History
This collection of texts was published after the return to France of Hugo, who had gone into exile after
Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
of
December 2, 1851. It is divided into three volumes:
* Avant l'exil, 1841-1851 (before the exile)
* Pendant l'exil, 1852-1870 (during the exile)
* Depuis l'exil, 1870-1876 (since the exile)
References
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Link to ebook
Works by Victor Hugo
1875 non-fiction books
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