The Victor Hugo in Guernsey Society presents the world premiere in English of Victor Hugo's The Intervention (written in Guernsey in 1866). Members of the Society and local actors and musicians, all volunteers and amateurs, worked together to produce and perform this one-act comedy, part...
Victor Hugo’s Guide to Guernsey Victor Hugo’s Guide to Guernsey, published by The Victor Hugo in Guernsey Society in 2019. Follow in Hugo’s footsteps around the ‘savage and charming’ island that was his home for so long. This beautiful guide, in French and English, is written by...
Jean Boucher's statue of Victor Hugo in Candie Gardens, Guernsey Read the fascinating history of this statue in the Society’s new illustrated booklet by its Honorary President Gérard Pouchain, the text of a lecture the eminent historian gave at the Victor Hugo in Guernsey Society conference...
In 1825, at the age of 19, Juliette’s taste for independence, fiery temper, and impulsive nature found her amongst the painters and poets, models, actresses, dames of high degree, politicians and other members of high society at the Rue de l’Abbaye, studio and drawing room...
Famous as Victor Hugo’s mistress, most people know little about the woman who devoted the greater part of her life to the famous author. Born Julienne Joséphine Gauvain in Fougères, France on 10 April 1806, the woman we now know as Juliette Drouet was orphaned by...