Victor Hugo in Exile in Jersey



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		Victor Hugo had been an outspoken adversary of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte and was a main target in the repression that followed the Coup d’Etat of 2nd December 1851. He had tried to organize a republican resistance to plans to change the Constitution so as to clear the way for the election of Bonaparte as President. Under threat of imminent arrest, he escaped and sought refuge in Brussels. A decree (9th January 1852) of expulsion from France made him realise that he had to go further away and for a longer term of exile. He arranged for Napoleon le Petit to be published after his departure from Belgium. He sailed from Antwerp to London on 1st August 1852 and a few days later was in Southampton. He boarded a steamer, the Dispatch, on the 4th and arrived in St. Helier on 5th August 1852.
		© MVH - Victor Hugo is saying goodbye to his friends and supporters in Antwerp.	X
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	The following chapters trace the main activities of the Hugo family and describe Jersey as it was at the time, how this is reflected in Victor Hugo's writings. Other influential factors follow, including the events that led to his second expulsion and the departure of the Hugo family to Guernsey on 31st October 1855.		X
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