Une maison, un artiste – Victor Hugo, une île pour exil

Forced to flee Paris in May 1856, Hugo bought a house in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. He wrote to one of his friends: ​“Since I no longer have a homeland, I want to have a home.” For the first time in his life, the writer became a homeowner. He transformed the house, decorating it and bringing his poetic and artistic world into the space. This house and its staging would become one of his finest achievements. And it was on the top floor of this sanctuary that he wrote his greatest novels.