Victor
Hugo, a prominent literary figure of the nineteenth century, believed
in
freedom and liberty. He became famous when he expressed new ideas about
freedom
of thought. His literature declared that without liberty, human soul is
in cage
and bondage and nothing new can occur to human society.
Victor
Hugo was born in 1802 at Besancon. He was the son of one of Napoleon's
generals. He started going to school at early age and was good in
studies. He
liked reading and thinking about new ideas. He began writing at the
early age
of fourteen. Victor wrote a drama, which was extraordinarily full of
new ideas,
and lively. His dramas amazed everyone. He got applause from every
corner.
Praise and appreciation inspired him for cultivating more new ideas.
This
proved inspiring event in his life and after that, he never looked back.
Victor
Hugo was a dramatist, novelist as well as
a painter. He wrote poems also which won applause from every quarter.
Some of
his prominent creations are, 'The Man who laughs', ' Toilers of the
Sea', 'Les
Miserables' etc. He wrote masterpiece dramas and one of them; 'The King
Amuses
Himself' became very popular. In the drama, the king was portrayed in a
new and
amusing style. In his paintings, Victor showed man's freedom in diverse
ways.