WHO WAS THE GREATEST FRENCH POET of the nineteenth century? André Gide’s immortal comment—”Victor Hugo, alas!”—is as true today as it was when Gide wrote it in a letter to Paul Valéry almost a century ...
John Hollander is the author of numerous books, including "Figurehead: And Other Poems," "Selected Poetry," "Tesserae and Other Poems" and the anthology "Committed to Memory." He is Sterling professor ...
Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Victor Hugo’s son Charles described the Guernsey home where the French author wrote Les Misérables as a ...