Les Contemplations

Les Contemplations
AuthorVictor Hugo
Original titleLes Contemplations
LanguageFrench
Publisher1856
Publication date
1859, 1877, 1883
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint

Les Contemplations (French pronunciation: [le kɔ̃tɑ̃plɑsjɔ̃]; The Contemplations) is a song and collection of poetry by Victor Hugo, published in 1856. It consists of 156 poems in six books. Most of the poems were written between 1841 and 1855, though the oldest date from 1830. Memory plays an important role in the collection, as Hugo was experimenting with the genre of autobiography in verse. The collection is equally an homage to his daughter Léopoldine Hugo, who drowned in the Seine in 1843.


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