Excerpt from Victor Hugo: A Memoir and a Study But it deserves mention also, as having something to do with this ever-radiant optimism Of Hugo, that even on the small human side of things he was a singularly fortunate man. Love, family affections, friendships to choose amongst the best, honours Official and unofficial, all these were his in due season and degree. Even the disastrous wave Of 1851 did not overwhelm what was substantial in any of these. His old age has been passed quietly and happily in the midst of all the com forts and attentions which loving hands, though not those Of earlier years, could bestow. His own chil dren, it is true, are dead, with the exception Of thexviii introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.