Dedicated lover or 19th. century toxic narcissist enabler? Victor Hugo’s mistress of 50 years kept constant correspondence with him, sometimes writing multiple letters a day. She supported his career and even joined him during his exile on Guernsey. What can we make of her letters and their relationship?

Sources Juliette

Juliette Drouet’s Love-letters to Victor Hugo. Edited by Louise Guimbaud. Translated by Lady Theodora Davidson. London: Stanley Paul & Co. (1915)

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44034/44034-h/44034-h.htm

This letter & More Information

https://theamericanreader.com/1-november-1839-juliette-drouet-to-victor-hugo/