EXCEPTIONAL FULL EDITION Immerse yourself in reading one of the greatest masterpieces of French poetry in a very beautiful paperback edition. Collection of love, joy but also mourning and even a certain mystical faith, Les Contemplations offers the most beautiful poems of French poetry. Victor Hugo experiments with the genre of versified autobiography and delivers the memories of his soul to us in verses that sublimate emotions. This collection of memories and feelings, published in 1856, also pays a poignant tribute to Léopoldine, the poet's daughter, who drowned in the Seine. This edition includes the entire collection: 158 poems organized in two parts, respectively entitled Formerly and Today, each comprising three chapters. Formerly (1830 - 1843) I. Aurore: It is the book of youth evoking the memories of the poet's college, his first amorous emotions and his first literary struggles. II. The soul in flower: This is the book of loves, made up of poems evoking the early days of her union with Juliette Drouet. III. Struggles and Dreams: It is the book of pity and the first step towards the consideration of the misery of the world. Today (1843 - 1855) IV. Pauca Meae: It is the book of mourning where the poet tries to establish a form of communication with his daughter despite death. V. En Marche: This is the book of rediscovered energy in which the expatriate poet will seek new reasons to live in meditation. VI. At the edge of infinity: This is the book of certainties. There reigns a fantastic and supernatural atmosphere, crossed by specters, angels and spirits who bring revelations to the poet. Anguish still alternates with hope, but it is ultimately hope that wins. To the one who remained in France:: Epilogue composed of eight sections. It is dedicated to Léopoldine Hugo, the daughter of the dead poet drowned in the Seine, who occupies a central place in this collection.