Bug-Jargal ( fr. Bug-Jargal ) - the first novel by Victor Hugo , written by him two years before , in 1818. According to the author's preface of 1826, “the initial sketch of this short essay was printed and distributed in a limited number of copies as early as 1820, ” but five years later the novel was significantly revised, and a year later it was published again. The events of the work develop against the background of the Negro uprising of 1791 in the French colony of San Domingo . The novel was created on the basis of existing documents, eyewitness stories, newspaper articles, in “Byug-Zhargal”, in addition to fictional characters, there are a number of real people - the leader of the Negro army , the leaders of the mulatto Auger , and others [1] .
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| Genre | novel |
| Author | Victor Hugo |
| Original language | French |
| Date of first publication | 1826 |
| Publisher | Pierre-Jules Etzel |
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Notes
- ↑ M.S. Treskunov about Victor Hugo (Inaccessible link) . The appeal date is March 24, 2015. Archived March 5, 2016.
Links
- “Byug-Zhargal” on the site “ Laboratory of Science Fiction ”