Victor Hugo's Shipwreck Lighthouse Cycle by Peter Russella
From The French History Podcast by Evergreen Podcasts
March 20, 2026 · 28 min
About this episode
Scholar Peter Russella discusses how Victor Hugo depicted lights in the dark.
Scholar Peter Russella talks about lights in the dark and how Hugo depicted them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Guest: Peter Russella
Topics covered
- literature
- Victor Hugo
- lighthouses
- scholarship
- darkness and light
Keywords
- Victor Hugo
- lighthouse
- darkness
- light
- literature analysis
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Books & works: Victor Hugo
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