... ! Let us tear away the old lath-and-plaster hiding the face of art! There are neither rules nor models; or, rather, no rules but the general laws of Nature!" (Easton 45). Inspired by Alfred de Vigny's Cinq-Mars, a romantic portrayal of Cardinal Richelieu and the first truly Romantic French novel, Hugo wrote Marion de Lorme in 1829. Hugo's aim was ... ...

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