Les Contemplations

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Les Contemplations is a major 1856 poetry collection by Victor Hugo that reflects on memory, love, loss, and spiritual meditation, often seen as one of his greatest lyrical works.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Victor Hugo
authorResidenceDuringPublication exile in Guernsey
countryOfOrigin France
criticalReception highly acclaimed
dedicatedTo Léopoldine Hugo
followedBy La Légende des siècles
follows Les Châtiments
genre Romantic poetry
lyric poetry
hasInfluenceOn French Romantic literature
French lyric poetry
hasMotto “Les rayons et les ombres” (implicit theme of light and shadow)
hasPart Au bord de l’infini
Aurore
En marche
Les Luttes et les rêves
L’Âme en fleur
Pauca meae
inspiredByEvent death of Léopoldine Hugo
literaryForm verse
literarySignificance considered one of Victor Hugo’s greatest lyrical works
mainTheme death
loss
love
memory
mourning
spiritual meditation
time
movement Romanticism
notablePoem Demain, dès l’aube
Elle avait pris ce pli
Oh! je fus comme fou
numberOfBooks 6
numberOfPoems 158
numberOfVolumes 2
originalLanguage French
periodOfComposition 1830–1855
publicationDate 1856
publisher Pagnerre
setting 19th-century France
structureCharacteristic autobiographical
retrospective
targetAudience general readership
timeSpanCoveredInContent about thirty years of Victor Hugo’s life

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Victor Hugo notableWork Les Contemplations
Les Châtiments followedBy Les Contemplations
Léopoldine Hugo inspiredWork Les Contemplations
this entity surface form: the section "Pauca Meae" in "Les Contemplations"