#adele hugo

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THE STORY OF ADELE H./L'HISTOIRE D'ADÈLE H. (1975)

dir. françois truffaut

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The Story of Adele H, 1975

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L'Histoire d'Adèle H. was released in France on 8 October 1975.

Based on the diaries of Adèle Hugo's diaries (the daughter of Victor Hugo), François Truffaut tried for years to raise the money for the film and had originally planned to have Jeanne Moreau for the lead, then Catherine Denueve, before offering it to 20-year-old Isabelle Adjani.

Adjani was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance (and was named Best Actress by the National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, and others).

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saw this movie tonight, good watch. hits close to home and no im not gonna be any more specific than that.

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Adele Hugo recounts the publication of Cosette & Marius

In researching the publication of Les Misérables and its reception, you will find evidence almost exclusively of the contributions of men, whether it be the book’s printers and publishers, or its supporters and detractors. Of course, Hugo wrote it, Lacroix (in Belgium) and Pagnerre (in Paris) published it, Jules Claye (in Paris) printed it, and a whole bunch of male journalists tripped over themselves to review it. But it was Juliette Drouet, Julie Chenay, and Victoire Estasse who, in Guernsey, transcribed Hugo’s manuscript into something readable to be sent to Belgium. Meanwhile Adele Hugo, in Paris, worked to get the book published and publicized. And this letter she wrote to her husband highlights the role of the women of the Pagnerre family and those employed at Pagnerre’s store in selling Les Misérables.

Sunday, 17 May 1862 Wednesday, I went to Pagnerre’s. You can’t imagine how his store looked that day. The ground floor is very large and the store continues. In the store were two high walls of books, which could have served as barricades. Their weight made us fear for the floor. Pagnerre was absent, I believe he was making his deposit. I returned the next day to Pagnerre’s to find out if they had thought to send you your copies. It was quite a different sight than the day before. The citadelle of books was quite dented by the buyers crowding the store. Madame Pagnerre was reading the incoming orders and dispatches; a woman was writing actively at her side. Other women, at other counters, tied up packages. Mademoiselle Pagnerre, in that same employ, stood before a desk. “Ah, madame,” she cried, “It’s going too well! We can’t take it anymore.” “Yes,” continued Madame Pagnerre, “It is only two and we are already at our limit. At six in the morning, there was a line in front of our store, which was still closed. They knocked, they banged, they wanted to kick down the door. We did not want to open, because the store would have been overrun and we wouldn’t have been able to control the crowd. I stood at the upstairs window and spoke to them, trying to make them understand that each must enter at their turn. A policeman came to my aid so I opened the store and we served our crowd. But phew! What a morning! It’s just that, Madame, we’ve had a real riot, the neighborhood has rioted. While I was preaching from my window, the neighbors were at theirs. Here, let’s see if we can have a minute to ourselves. They’re calling me to open the dispatches that are arriving.”

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The Story of Adele H. (1974, France)   Director:  François Truffaut

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Late 1830s -

Top  1839 Adele Hugo by Louis Boulanger (Maison Victor Hugo - Paris, France). From Wikimedia 791X1043.

Second row  1839 Marie Felicitas zu Fürstenberg by Franz Ittenbach (Schloss Wehrden - Beverungen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany). From tumblr.com/artthatgivesmefeelings/709573379398778880/franz-ittenbach-german-1813-1879-portrait-der 2048X2905.

Third row left  Countess Marie Kinsky (1809-1892) by Franz Schrotzberg (location ?). From Wikimedia. 1280X1273.

Third row right  Marie, Countess Kinsky by Franz Schrotzberg (location ?) Posted by Klimbim to diary.ru-~klimbim-p163564941.htm?oam 1970X1952.

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The Story of Adèle H. (1975) Directed by François Truffaut

"I don't give my body without my soul, nor my soul without my body"