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# Victor Hugo's glazed attic with a panoramic view, where he wrote “Les Misérables” standing up
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/tretii-etazh-doma-vershina-arkhitekturnogo-tvorchestva-viktora-giugo/
- Published: 2019-05-25T11:17:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:54:39.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Architecture, Books, Museums, People

The third floor of the house is the summit of Victor Hugo's architectural creativity. This is the fully glazed attic with a panoramic view, which, as he put it, took in all of France: from here one can see the island itself and the distant line of the sea. Here Hugo wrote *Les Misérables*, *The Man Who Laughs* and *La Légende des siècles*, and here passed 15 years of fruitful work. The whole attic is lined with sofas, though not for sitting or reclining on them, but for spreading out the countless sheets with ink not yet dry, for Hugo worked standing up.

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