Getty Images Do you hear the people sing? Today in 1862, Victor Hugo finished what is widely considered one of the most important novels of the 19th century – Les Misérables.

Refinery29 "We intend to validate our home, our family, our Constitution and our rights, because we had nothing solid legal to make us a family," Hugo Prada said in a video about their marriage.

The Economist Our quote of the day is from French novelist Victor Hugo

NPR "The Novel of the Century" isn't just a deftly written, deeply researched look inside Victor Hugo's household; it's a guide to an extraordinary book that everyone should read, writes Liza Graham. (She suggests taking in Hugo's "Les Misérables" over Read more ... the course of a year, reading just one short chapter a day.)

The Economist “Les Misérables” is best known these days from the sentimental musical adaptations of the story. But what makes Victor Hugo’s sprawling novel great is how it captures the tough talk of the Parisian street. From The Economist’s 1843 magazine

The Economist Victor Hugo, author of “Les Misérables”, died on May 22nd 1885. On the bicentenary of his birth, we wrote that it was his "spectacular betrayals and courageous posturings" that made him a national poet

The Economist Our quote of the day is from French author and poet Victor Hugo

Fast Company "There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

500px Home Is Where the Heart Is by Victor Hugo: http://goo.gl/L3sYjg

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