Les Contemplations

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Les Contemplations

Author	Victor Hugo
Original title	Les Contemplations
Language	French
Publisher	1856
Publication date	1859, 1877, 1883
Publication place	France
Media type	Print

Les Contemplations (French pronunciation: [le kɔ̃tɑ̃plɑsjɔ̃]; The Contemplations) is a song and collection of poetry by Victor Hugo, published in 1856. It consists of 156 poems in six books. Most of the poems were written between 1841 and 1855, though the oldest date from 1830. Memory plays an important role in the collection, as Hugo was experimenting with the genre of autobiography in verse. The collection is equally an homage to his daughter Léopoldine Hugo, who drowned in the Seine in 1843.