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維剋多·雨果（Victor Hugo，1802-1885），19世紀法國浪漫主義文學的代錶人物。貫穿他一生活動和創作的主導思想是人道主義、反對暴力、以愛製“惡”。其文學創作有詩歌、小說、戲劇、政論、散文隨筆以及文學評論，捲帙浩繁。代錶作有長篇小說《巴黎聖母院》、《海上勞工》、《悲 慘世界》及《九三年》等。