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Quotation from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
“So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid the civilization of earth”
Les Misérables, Preface, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood
The opening of Hugo's short preface, dated Hauteville House, 1862, explaining why such books are needed.
Citation: "So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid the civilization of earth" — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Preface, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood. (id les-miserables-q8)
Portrait: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full, Étienne Carjat, Public domain.
