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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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