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Victor Hugo, his Family, and Juliette Drouet at Hauteville House

Juliette Drouet in 1883

Claire Pradier

Juliette Drouet about 1830

A Page of Juliette Drouet’s Note-book in 1834

Autograph Letter from Juliette Drouet to her
daughter Claire

Victor Hugo

Caricature of Mlle. George, by Victor Hugo

Portrait of Victor Hugo by Himself

Autograph and Drawing by Juliette Drouet

The Bridge of Marne

A Dedication by Victor Hugo to Juliette Drouet

Juliette Drouet in 1846

Victor Hugo, Républicain

Drawing by Victor Hugo, signed “Toto”

The Flower and the Butterfly

Juliette Drouet’s Hand

Victor Hugo, by Rodin

Juliette Drouet about 1877

The Deathbed of Victor Hugo

A Dedication by Victor Hugo to Juliette Drouet

Book-plate designed for Juliette Drouet by Victor Hugo

THE CHÂTEAU OF FOUGÈRES IN 1836.
Unpublished drawing by Victor Hugo.

JULIETTE DROUET’S LOVE-LETTERS
TO VICTOR HUGO

PART I

BIOGRAPHICAL

CHAPTER I

JULIENNE GAUVAIN

AN irregular outline, sombre colouring, a tangle of towers, steeples, high gables and ramparts, steep passages built in the form of steps: such was the town of Fougères at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The principal features of its surroundings were a turbulent river waging unceasing conflict with numerous mills, uncultivated wastes, more footpaths than lanes, and more lanes than high-roads.

This former hot-bed of chouans was an appropriate birthplace for a heroine of romance—and there, on April 10th, 1806, was born Julienne Joséphine Gauvain, subsequently known as Mademoiselle Juliette, and later still, as Madame Drouet.