Jeanne Hugo

Jeanne Hugo was the daughter of Victor Hugo’s second son, Charles, and his wife Alice. After her father died of a heart attack in 1871 when Jeanne was only two years old, she, her four year-old brother, and her mother went to live with Victor Hugo and remained by his side for the rest of his life. she struggled to live out her destiny as the granddaughter of a legend in a society that offered few opportunities for women in search of their own independence.