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Juliette Drouet ( French pronunciation: [ʒyljɛt dʁuɛ] ), born Julienne Josephine Gauvain ( French pronunciation: [ʒyljɛn ʒozfin ɡovɛ̃]; 10 April 1806 – 11 May 1883), was a French actress. She abandoned her career on the stage after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo, to whom she acted as a secretary and travelling companion.
Juliette Drouet, de son vrai nom Julienne Joséphine Gauvain 1, née le 10 avril 1806 à Fougères et morte le 11 mai 1883 2, dans le 16e arrondissement de Paris, est une actrice française qui a été la compagne de Victor Hugo pendant près de cinquante ans.
Oct 23, 2020 · In recent weeks, I’ve read Juliette Drouet’s Love-Letters to Victor Hugo, by Luis Guimbaud, written in 1915. It’s a reasonable biography of Juliette’s life, which includes a few hundred of her letters spanning the years 1833, when she first met Hugo, until her death in 1883.
…a young and beautiful actress, Juliette Drouet, with whom he had begun a liaison in 1833. Juliette had little talent and soon renounced the stage in order to devote herself exclusively to him, becoming the discreet and faithful companion she was to remain until her death in 1883.
La parution d’une nouvelle biographie de Juliette Drouet (1806-1883) offre l’occasion de revenir sur cette figure attachante, qui fut bien plus que la maîtresse officielle de Victor Hugo pendant un demi-siècle.
Oct 9, 2020 · Juliette Drouet, at that point Hugo’s lover of nearly twenty years, risked her life to organize his perilous escape. As violent clashes broke out in the streets of Paris and in other towns and cities across France, Juliette arranged for false identity papers and set up a series of safe-houses where Hugo could remain hidden as he waited to ...
Oct 6, 2005 · My Beloved Toto, a collection of letters written by Juliette Drouet to her lover, Victor Hugo, tells the story of a life and of the great love affair that shaped it. From 1833 until her death...
