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Would anyone happen to know if there is any discussion around about the ways in which Cervantes' writing might have influenced Victor Hugo? Because I'm thinking that surely this is something people have to discuss.
(Now I have to go and find out how commonly read Don Quixote was in nineteenth-century France.)
I don't know quite what it is - something about the characterization and the narrative flow. Also, Hugo's sense of humor reminds me a little of Cervantes. There's a scene towards the beginning of Don Quixote where the two main characters (I think we all know who those are) come across what is essentially a chain gang, and the way that was dealt with reminded me powerfully of Hugo.
Something to think about.
(Now I have to go and find out how commonly read Don Quixote was in nineteenth-century France.)
I don't know quite what it is - something about the characterization and the narrative flow. Also, Hugo's sense of humor reminds me a little of Cervantes. There's a scene towards the beginning of Don Quixote where the two main characters (I think we all know who those are) come across what is essentially a chain gang, and the way that was dealt with reminded me powerfully of Hugo.
Something to think about.