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May be like Victor Hugo is known to English readers as a novelist, while I have heard that French regard him more for his poetry.

• pvg 6y ago
  That is definitely a much more apt parallel.
• sjcsjc 6y ago
  Somewhat off topic, but interestingly Victor Hugo is regarded as a saint in the Cao Dai religion of Vietnam. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cao-Dai https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cao-Dai