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Victor Hugo in Guernsey

At the Victor Hugo in Guernsey Festival, Marva joins other Hugo specialists for a private tour of Hugo’s Hautville House with Gérard Audinet and for a tour of the island led by Gérard Pouchain in April 2016.

In the garden at Hauteville House, Hugo’s exile home on Guernsey, with Hugo specialists and friends Gérard Audinet, Alain Lecompte, Jean-Marc Hovasse, Sophie Hovasse, Gérard Pouchain, Jean Maurice, Florence Naugrette, and Odile Blanchette. Photo credit: Gérard Pouchain
In the garden at Hauteville House, Hugo’s exile home on Guernsey, with Hugo specialists and friends Gérard Audinet, Alain Lecompte, Jean-Marc Hovasse, Sophie Hovasse, Gérard Pouchain, Jean Maurice, Florence Naugrette, and Odile Blanchette. Photo credit: Gérard Pouchain
Admiring the Salon rouge. Photo credit: Gérard Pouchain
Admiring the Salon rouge. Photo credit: Gérard Pouchain
No wonder Hugo called Guernsey “the rock of hospitality and freedom” when he dedicated Les Travailleurs de la mer to the island.
No wonder Hugo called Guernsey “the rock of hospitality and freedom” when he dedicated Les Travailleurs de la mer to the island.

To visit Hauteville House at the official museum site (in English): http://maisonsvictorhugo.paris.fr/en/museum-collections/house-visit-guernsey

For more online photos of Hauteville House and the Channel Islands: http://hautevillehouse.com/.