What is worth reading by Victor Hugo ?
Notre-Dame de Paris is magnificent
Les Misérables is as well
His poetry is great
Just read all of his shit, faggot
>>7366895
If you like reading long descriptions of Parisian geography and history.
>>7366895
His poetry if you can read French
His prose otherwise
>>7366895
Can someone point out some good English translations? I am interested in Les Miserables. Thanks senpai.
Short answer: Everything faggot
But yeah reads whay the guy said above, i also read Claude Gueux, really short about death penalty, qnd most of all, hhis poetry
>>7366895
Poetry if you're reading french (Contemplations is elder god tier)
If you gotta go with the prose, Les Miserables and Notre-Dame de Paris.
His theater is worth a look too
>>7369025
Is his french much more difficult that nowadays french?
>>7369062
The same really, unless by nowadays french you mean shitty beach & train novels. Hugo's not the guy who's gonna send you to the dictionnary and he doesn't write those Proust-tier 3 page multipropositionnal sentences, he has a simple yet beautiful prose. I'd say with Flaubert, he's your guy if you're planning to read your first big frenchie in the original text.
>>7369125
Thanks a lot, I'm actually learning french right now, so I guess when I feel ready to read a book in the language I'll try Victor Hugo then.
>>7366895
Ruy blas
>>7368505
prose>poetry
everytime
>>7369150
Not in french buddy. French poets used to be so good they were better wordsmiths than prose stylists, with more constraints.
>>7369134
Not a bad choice, but if reading him is too hard you can always give Flaubert or Maupassant a try.
