Deux ans de vacances

Par Victor Hugo

Une édition de référence de Deux ans de vacances de Jules Verne, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Il était onze heures du soir. Sous cette latitude, au commencement du mois de mars, les nuits sont courtes encore. Les premières blancheurs du jour ne devaient apparaître que vers cinq heures du matin. Mais les dangers qui menaçaient le Sloughi seraient-ils moins grands lorsque le soleil éclairerait l’espace ? Le frêle bâtiment ne resterait-il pas toujours à la merci des lames ? Assurément, et l’apaisement de la houle, l’accalmie de la rafale, pouvaient seuls le sauver du plus affreux des naufrages, – celui qui se produit en plein Océan, loin de toute terre sur laquelle les survivants trouveraient le salut peut-être ! »(Extrait du Premier chapitre.)

• Langue: Français
• Éditeur: Primento Digital
• Date de sortie: 1 janv. 2012
• ISBN: 9782806237736

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet and novelist. Born in Besançon, Hugo was the son of a general who served in the Napoleonic army. Raised on the move, Hugo was taken with his family from one outpost to the next, eventually setting with his mother in Paris in 1803. In 1823, he published his first novel, launching a career that would earn him a reputation as a leading figure of French Romanticism. His Gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) was a bestseller throughout Europe, inspiring the French government to restore the legendary cathedral to its former glory. During the reign of King Louis-Philippe, Hugo was elected to the National Assembly of the French Second Republic, where he spoke out against the death penalty and poverty while calling for public education and universal suffrage. Exiled during the rise of Napoleon III, Hugo lived in Guernsey from 1855 to 1870. During this time, he published his literary masterpiece Les Misérables (1862), a historical novel which has been adapted countless times for theater, film, and television. Towards the end of his life, he advocated for republicanism around Europe and across the globe, cementing his reputation as a defender of the people and earning a place at Paris’ Panthéon, where his remains were interred following his death from pneumonia. His final words, written on a note only days before his death, capture the depth of his belief in humanity: “To love is to act.”

Avis sur Deux ans de vacances

[danielstj · Évaluation : 2 sur 5 étoiles]

This was a generally unsatisfying book by Verne. It is based in the tradition of The Swiss Family Robinson and Robinson Crusoe but, for me, fell a little flat. There were far too many characters and the intrigues did not make for very interesting plot matter. This is not among Verne's finer of works, and I think even those who are a fan of him might skip this one.2 stars.