Analysis Of Ninety-Three By Victor Hugo

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Ninety-Three was written by Victor Hugo, and was published in 1875, several years after the upheaval of the Paris Commune. Ninety-Three is set during the Reign of Terror which lasted for just under a year during the French Revolution. Hugo writes about the counter-revolutionary revolts of the French revolution which took place in 1793, 81 years prior to the novel being published. This was an area which Hugo had previously avoided writing about. Particularly, Hugo focuses mainly on the revolts in the Vendée and Chouannerie.

Hugo's most popular pieces of work include Les Misérables and Notre Dame de Paris. Hugo was a highly important figure in French society during the nineteenth century and has been called as a 'national hero' as he wrote about the injustices of the poor, much like Charles Dickens was in England. His popularity was proven by the turnout of his funeral where it was estimated that more than 2 million people attended, and prior to his death the road on which he lived was renamed to Avenue Victor-Hugo.

When young, Hugo was a committed royalist, however later in his lif...

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