Autograph letter signed from Victor Hugo, Hauteville House, to William Hepworth Dixon [manuscript], 1864 May 1.

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Autograph letter signed from Victor Hugo, Hauteville House, to William Hepworth Dixon [manuscript], 1864 May 1.

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Addressed to Monsieur Dixon. Explains that he does not know English, but that his son has been reading Dixon's book on Bacon to him. Also mentions a favorable article on his own book, William Shakespeare, in the publication Dixon directs (i.e., The Athenaeum).

2 leaves ; 23 x 18 cm.

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Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

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Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist and playwright. From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702159680 From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84010646 French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to M. Cassin, 1831 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 759121359 French poet, novelist, dramatist. ...

Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879

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Historian. From the description of Letters 1845-1876. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 702669699 Dixon was born on June 30, 1821 at Great Ancoats in Manchester, England; wrote a five-act tragedy, The Azamoglan, which was privately printed; editor of Cheltenham Journal, 1846; called to bar in London, 1854, but never practiced law; contributor to the Athenaeum and the Daily News; wrote Life of William Penn (1851); editor of the Athenaeum, 1853-69; traveled widely and ...