Victor Hugo’s works include the following works: “Ninety-third year”, “The Cathedral of the Mother of God of Paris”, “Workers of the Sea”, “The Man Who Laughs”. The works in the book are selected in such a way as to show all the depth and versatility of the writer’s talent of the great French writer. A key role in the creation of . Hugo occupies the novel “The Cathedral of the Notre Dame in Paris”, but no less interesting are the original chronicles of the great French revolution reflected in the novel “Ninety-third year”, original, with elements of a grotesque for the life of England 17-18 centuries. The book is called “The Man Who Laughs.” Victor Hugo appears before us in the novel “Workers of the Sea”, where the author tells about the hard work of ordinary fishermen, celebrates the heroic struggle of man with the forces of nature. Translated by Y. Pomerantseva